Michelle Franco was born in the United States of America and shortly moved to Argentina where she was raised until the age of eight years old. While her father stayed in Argentina, Franco moved back to the U.S. with her mother and had to re-learn the English language for the second time. Throughout her travels there was one thing that kept consistent, art. As she tried different mediums through the years, she quickly fell in love with jewelry and metalsmithing.During the summer in Argentina right before she began studying at Metropolitan State University of Denver. From there she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts with a concentration in Jewelry and Metalsmithing. Her work kept expanding and she is progressively experimenting with different mediums while always coming back to metal and enamel.