Michelle Zamora


Multi-talented maker and a curious creative excited about leveraging the power of research, strategy, and design to discover solutions that make an impact and craft stories that move people.








Leadership and Community



CITIZEN SCHOOLS / AMERICORPS

An advocate and leader in maker education.


Providing opportunities for students to thrive and get excited about learning by making.
SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE

Paradigm shift in education.


Building the 21st century classroom.


MakerUSA

Educational success, reimagined.


Creating authentic communications that provide value and drive impact in marginalized communities.
THE POWER OF A POSITIVE NO

Facilitating a memorable presentation.


Simplifying a complex message and driving workshop participation and engagement.





Design Research and Business Strategy



CHIMERA CO-OP

A Co-op for California College of the Arts. 


Delivering school pride by designing an innovative business model.
PUBLIC GLASS

An organizational system to drive profit.


Redefining roles and operations to more efficiently capture value.






Storytelling and Visual Identity



DORSOL

Accessible and autonomous.


Creating a brand that users trust and igniting critical conversations.

TERI TOM

All roads lead to electricity.


Designing more than a brand identity system.



CCC MAKER / MAKE / SIERRA COLLEGE

Stories that make an impact.


Empathizing with and crafting stories about makers a
cross California.
SHANROCK

Aren’t you lucky?


Trading fitness for creative consulting.





Process and Invention



IDEA MACHINE

Creative process results in innovative machine for ideas.


Problem solving and inventing new ways to approach innovation and design