Michelle Reilly

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Editorial Assistant at INDEX Ukraine (Institute for Documentation and Exchange)

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Overview

Michelle is a distinguished USC dual-honors graduate in Comparative Literature and Mathematics with international experience in program coordination, grant writing, and research. She has worked with UN-accredited NGOs, focusing on public health, cultural preservation, and refugee studies, applying strong data skills in R and Python to support global teams.

She is passionate about empowering marginalized communities through education, having taught both incarcerated students at the California Institute for Women and Alaska Native youth. Fluent in French and Spanish, Michelle is driven by a commitment to social justice, cultural resilience, and land-based education, and has a stated interest in the ACLU.

Her award-winning undergraduate thesis explored the creative overlap between pure mathematics and comparative literature, earning praise for its lyrical and urgent prose.

Personality Overview

Consensus Focused

Optimistic

Story Driven

Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.  They tend to be agreeable by nature, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.
 They prefer to build relationships rather than staying totally transactional.

Topics They Care About

Prison Education
Co-directed a national editing network for over 600 incarcerated writers and taught narrative courses inside the California Institute for Women.
Cultural Preservation
As an Editorial Assistant for INDEX Ukraine, she supports researchers and investigators documenting cultural resilience and wartime loss in Ukraine.
Community-Led Development
As a grant writer, she helped secure over $250, 000 to support community-led public health and education initiatives in East Africa.

Media Appearances

Michelle has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2025
Editorial Assistant at INDEX Ukraine (Institute for Documentation and Exchange)
12-2024 - 7-2025
Co-Director | The Readers' Circle at Prison Education Project
9-2024 - 12-2024
Assistant Intructor, "Intro to Narrative" at Prison Education Project
4-2024 - 12-2024
Administrative Assistant at Prison Education Project
4-2024 - 9-2024
Grant Writer / M&E Officer at Global Partners for Development

Education

2022 - 2025
B.A. from University of Southern California
8-2021 - 5-2022
Political Science Track from The American University of Paris

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Exp : 2 Location : Washington, District of Columbia, United States Job Level : Junior Designation : Editorial Assistant at INDEX Ukraine (Institute for Documentation and Exchange)
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Insights For Selling To Michelle

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Give them the opportunity to lead the conversation where possible
  • Maintain high, positive energy and convey confidence
  • Refer to interesting customer testimonials and stress on great customer experience

DONT's

  • Don’t be excessively objective, be like a storyteller with them
  • Don’t ask too many questions in one go, weave them into the flow
  • Don’t be too formal with them, they trust informality more

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Michelle is

  • Relationship and rapport are valuable for them, but so is proven product value.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Michelle

  • They are unlikely to say no directly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Michelle move?

  • They are not very fast decision makers, even while they continue to stay engaged.
  • Can Michelle take some risk or not?

  • They can take some low-probability risks if needed.

You And Michelle

Personality Compatibility


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