Michelle Matthews | mmatthews@al.com

Michelle Matthews writes feature stories for AL.com/This is Alabama. She started as a copy editor/page designer at the (Mobile) Press-Register in 2005, then became editor of Coastal Alabama magazine and a general assignment reporter for AL.com. She has written about a cast of inspirational and interesting Alabama characters including storytellers, chefs, artists, teachers, innkeepers, pet lovers, castle dwellers, do-gooders and more. Michelle is a native of Mobile, where her roots run several generations deep, and a proud alumna of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia.