Michelle Kefford has devoted the past 25 years to serving students in Florida. She initiated her career as a biology teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School in 1999 and went on to serve as an assistant principal at two different Florida high schools until she was promoted to serve as the principal of Charles W. Flanagan High School (FHS) in 2011, where she led the school to its first ever grade of “A” and earned multiple recognitions, including Broward County Principal of the Year, Florida Principal of the Year, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) State Principal of the Year, a finalist for NASSP National Principal of the Year, Florida Association of Student Councils Principal of the Year, Florida School Counselor Association School-Based Administrator of the Year, to name a few. After leading FHS for eight years, she was asked to return home to MSD as the principal, where she currently serves, to lead the school in its healing subsequent to a horrific school shooting that occurred there.