Micaela co-founded The Kelsey, with her cousin Kelsey, to advance disability-forward housing solutions that open doors to homes and opportunities for everyone. She has seen firsthand the housing crisis facing adults with disabilities and their families. The Kelsey develops affordable, accessible, inclusive housing communities designed to scale and leads organizing and advocacy to create market conditions so inclusive housing becomes the norm. 

Micaela completed her MPP at Harvard Kennedy School and MBA as a Mitchell Scholar at University College Dublin. She was a Cheng Fellow at the Harvard Social Innovation and Change Initiative where she worked on designing The Kelsey. As a research fellow at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, she published leading research on housing and disability. She’s a proud University of Virginia Wahoo. 

Prior to The Kelsey, Micaela was the founder and CEO of Unified Theater which operates inclusive arts programs in schools nationwide. She lives in San Francisco and spends her free time biking around the city, camping, and cooking.