Michal released her first record, "Sky With Stars", on SONY/Columbia at 17. She was mentored by Billy Joel, who noted "she's a great songwriter"; and fellow Hunter High School alum, Lin-Manuel Miranda ("Hamilton"), recently tweeted that she was "always the most talented person in our class." In 2005 she won an EMMY award for OUTSTANDING COMPOSITION on the daytime television drama "One Life to Live". Her music has been featured by SONOS, Rdio, Canon, and Urban Decay. Her most recent full-length album "No Resolution" (2018) featured the World Songwriting Awards BEST ALTERNATIVE SONG "The Crash", and she is the recipient of the International Singer Songwriter Association's FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Award (2019).