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Mom of twoClimberSkierCollector of hobbies

Off the clock,
same pattern.

Whatever the arena — a product, a mountain, a board game taken far too seriously — I show up all in, learn fast, and go again.

Michelle Walstra in a climbing harness above Banff, Alberta, with Mt. Rundle behind her
Above Banff, AB — harness on, obviously 51.17°N · 115.57°W Mode: Summer

Field notes

The spec sheet
BaseCalgary, Canada · MST · open to remote US/CA
CrewOne husband · two boys who keep the pace honest
Mode / SummerClimb · hike · any sport going
Mode / WinterSki
TravelEvery chance I get
FuelAny cuisine, once
TableBoard games, taken more seriously than is strictly reasonable
PolicyIf it's new, I'm in
Career, in one breath

Sole designer → design lead → COO. Then I compressed the whole team into one person.

How I work

Three commitments
01 / Medium

High fidelity, or nothing

The feel of a thing can only be judged in its real context. I prototype in the browser and on the device — not in slides.

02 / Scope

Own the whole loop

Strategy, design, build, ship, iterate. Products lose their edges in the handoffs. Solo, the loop is all mine; with a team, I cut it so every piece has exactly one owner.

03 / Velocity

Ship, then sharpen

A live thing teaches more in a week than a mockup does in a quarter. AI multiplies my output; taste directs it.

Also made

The margins of all this
Photography300K+ downloadsPexelsVisit ↗
MusicOriginal tracks, releasedSpotify
Operating principle / final

Life is worth living at full volume. I take it by the horns — and creative output is how I stay that way.

Now you know who's emailing back

Let's ship
something.

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