Michelle is the first known Transgender professional poker player from Florida, USA. In 2021, I interviewed her and this is what she told me about the book: "I felt like a visible and very out transgender woman, it was the appropriate time to put pen to paper and finish the story I started over 3 years ago."
When asked about the social price of the transition, she said: "My mom, dad, and younger brother all effectively disowned me. I got extremely lucky in the fact that my first wife was a nurse and totally understood my diagnosis of gender dysphoria. She told my sons, who were 13 and 15 at the time in a language they could understand what was going to happen. My mom, dad, and brother have not spoken to me in over 17 years."
