About Michelle
I wasn't born into this fight. Life brought me here.
20 years in the medical field. A Master's degree. A son with a rare diagnosis. A practice built for the parents I used to be.
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Where I started
I came to this country at 17 with a dream and barely enough English to order lunch.
I was born in Brazil, raised between two languages and two cultures. I learned early how to translate — between people, systems, and expectations.
The car cry
I've sat with mothers who walked out of an IEP meeting, got to the car, and cried.
Not because they didn't love their child. Because they did. Because they knew what happened in that meeting was not enough, and they did not yet have the language to challenge it.
The car cry is the most universal moment in this work.
Michelle understood our situation in one call. She listened, then told me exactly what to do next.— ERIC N., PARENT
Why SEC exists
I built the support I wish more families had earlier.
This is not adversarial advocacy. It is concierge advocacy — collaborative where collaboration works, firm where the law requires it, and always built around the child in front of the team.
Special Education Concierge prepared by Michelle Choairy
- 20 years in the medical field
- Master's — Indiana State University
- Bachelor's — Brigham Young University
- Host: Complex Kids, Simple Solutions
- Co-host: The Mom Panel podcast
- Mother of a child with TBR1
- Bilingual: English · Portuguese
- Featured: USC · CHOC · Apraxia Kids