It’s Kristin Michelle here! I’m a Cali girl through and through. I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. I went to college down south and graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. After college, I moved back to the Bay Area and became a tax accountant. After working in the tax industry for years, I ended up getting diagnose with an aggressive thyroid cancer and had to take time off work. After beating cancer, I quickly realized that taxes were not my passion. I wanted to do something more artistic and creative, but I didn’t know what. I always had an interest in tattoos and got my first one when 19 years old, after which I took a long break from getting inked.