Michale Gabriel

Michale Gabriel is a Parent’s Choice award-winning performer, best-selling author, and founder/CEO of Story by Design. She is a story shaper, inspirational keynote speaker, leadership consultant, storytelling coach and workshop facilitator.

Michale’s corporate clients include The Boeing Company in the US and India, Infoblox and Western Union, entrepreneurs as well as individual clients seeking to share their stories of healing and recovery for the purpose of inspiring and motivating others. Over 10,000 leaders have experienced her 1:1 coaching and Story by Design workshops over the past twenty-six years.

Michale founded the Young Storytellers for Peace US/USSR Program, which was the subject of an award-winning, nationally aired PBS documentary “Young Storytellers in Russia; Teachers for Peace USSR Program; starred in a Russian produced television storytelling series that promoted intercultural understanding to 50 million viewers during the Cold War, earning her the title of “Russia’s American Fairy Godmother.” Michale founded the Storytelling Residency Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and the “Tell Me A Story” program for rural Alaska. Michale was voted the Inside Edge Foundation’s “Most Inspirational Speaker of 2021.

She serves on the non-profit board of the Amigos of Costa Rica where she is fundraising chair; loves travel, interior design, reading, exploring cultures & cuisines, pondering spiritual truths & exploring what it means to live a passionate, heart-centered life.