13 Facts About Michele Serros

Michele Marie Serros was an American author, poet and comedic social commentator.

Michele Serros described how she never quite fit in through poems and prose that were both poignant and hilarious.

Michele Serros has one sister, Yvonne, six years her senior.

Michele Serros spent her free time watching TV game shows, digging holes in the backyard, and skateboarding.

Unlike the assertion made by many authors about their own time as a youth, Michele Serros feels she wasn't a "nerdy, withdrawn teen" that ate lunch alone in the school yard.

Michele Serros married musician Eugene Trautmann, a member of seminal rock bands Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal, and whom she had met 11 years earlier backstage at the Leave Your Mind at Home music festival in Antwerp, Belgium.

Since then, Michele Serros continued to work diligently as a motivational speaker, was invited to deliver commencement speeches and attend book fairs all across the country.

Michele Serros was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the salivary gland in 2013.

In early 2001, Michele Serros' work caught the attention of Ann Lopez, wife of comedian George Lopez.

Michele Serros has stated, "An opportunity that hopefully with my contribution opened the door for a wider representation of Latinos in the mass media".

In 2004, Michele Serros was invited to tanker surf with Fulbright and his crew in the Gulf of Mexico for a featured segment of The CBS Evening News.

In 2005, Michele Serros was approached by Alloy Entertainment to create a "Latina version" of their hugely successful Gossip Girl Young Adult Book Series.

Michele Serros was a national speaker to schools, universities and organizations.