Michelle Somruthai D'Angelo

The daughter of a Thai immigrant and granddaughter of Silician immigrants, Michelle originally hails from Bangkok, Thailand as a U.S. citizen born abroad. She is one of seven children with two Thai siblings, three Colombian half-siblings, and one Puerto-Rican half-sibling. Growing up she spent her school years in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and many summers back in Bangkok where her mother's family still resides today. In college her pragmatism caused her to major in business, while her love of stories and the human condition led her to minor in history, psychology, and Spanish. She spent summers in Colombia, Argentina, and Spain where she absorbed different cultures, histories, and the Spanish language. It was her specific combination of language skills - native fluency in English and Thai, and conversational Spanish - acquired through these life experiences that helped her gain entry into the film industry. Beginning her film career as an assistant to producers and an A list actor on a