Michelle Wright

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Daughter of [private father (1940s - unknown)] and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]

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Biography

Michelle Dawn Wright was born March 22, 1975^[1], at a Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Diego County, California. She graduated with a B. S. degree in chemical engineering in May of 1997, from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. When she returned to southern California, she worked as a software engineer, database administrator, and electroplating technician/engineer, and she also dabbled as an electrician's apprentice for a short time. Between 2007 and 2010 she spent time living in Latin American countries like Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Panamá, and Costa Rica.^[2]

In May of 2010, she moved to Brownsville, Texas, where she studied and became a certified and licensed physician assistant by 2015. In February of 2015, she was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer, and she began chemotherapy with FOLFOX (5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and leucovorin) in March 2015, which she continued until the end of August 2015, when she discontinued FOLFOX because of neurological and psychological symptoms, including weakness and insomnia. The symptoms continued to worsen after discontinuing chemotherapy to include knee-buckling and inability to open the eyelids.^[2]

In October 2015, her parents moved her back to San Diego County, California, because of her mystery neurological condition that left her unable to sit up and walk. In California, her neurological condition continued and developed new symptoms such as vocal tics, echolalia, stuttering, palilalia, and involuntary muscle contractions of the skeletal muscles, throughout the body and face. Her neurological condition was diagnosed as "functional neurological disorder." In September of 2016, colon cancer was found in at least one of her lungs.^[2]

During her life, Michelle worked in the Chicago area, Seattle area, Puerto Rico, Los Angeles County, and Orange County. She traveled to Europe and Asia. She worked as an associate engineer in an electroplating operation, as a database manager, as a software programmer, and as a tutor for anatomy and physiology.^[2]

Michelle passed away on March 15, 2019 and is under the care of Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Mortuary and Crematory, Oceanside, San Diego County, California.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : 27 November 2014), Michelle D Wright, 22 Mar 1975; citing San Diego, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} First-hand information. Entered by Michelle Wright at registration.
3. ↑ Michelle Wright, DignityMemorial.com, accessed June 19, 2020.