(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) "Freedom Rider" Joan Trumpauer Mulholland poses next to a photo of herself from her time as a Freedom Rider in the 1960s. Mulholland was the featured speaker as Archie Archuleta was honored with the Albert Fritz Civil Rights Worker of the Year Award by the Salt lake branch of the NAACP, Friday, October 27, 2017.
Michelle attended undergraduate and law school at Brigham Young University. She worked at a large law firm in New York City after school before starting her family. She was a clerk on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and dean of admissions at BYU Law School before entering private practice as an appellate attorney. She has seven children.