Michelle Staubach Grimes, daughter of Roger Staubach

Today on the Neil Haley Show's Cargiver Dave Segment, The Total Tutor Neil Haley and Cargiver Dave will interview Michelle Staubach Grimes, daughter of Roger Staubach.

Michelle Staubach Grimes began journaling years ago and enrolled in the Southern Methodist University Creative Writing Continuing Ed Program in 2012 to hone her writing skills. After falling in love with creative writing and studying “story” through the SMU program, Michelle launched her first children’s book, Where is Pidge? in the spring of 2015 and Pidge Takes the Stage in 2018.

After graduating from Ursuline Academy in 1986, she moved to Washington, D.C. and received her B.A. in History (1990) from Catholic University of America, and J.D. (1994) from Columbus School of Law. 

She also worked at The White House as a staff assistant in the Office of Presidential Messages.

She returned to Dallas in 1994, practiced law for a couple of years, and worked for a year in sports marketing.

Michelle married John Grimes in 1997 and became a stay-at-home mom with the birth of her first child, Jeffrey, in 1999.  Two daughters followed, Gracie and Emma. 

Michelle is very active in her community. She served the past six years as a committee member for Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Dallas Chapter and served as the event chair for 2015’s Celebration of Reading, an event promoting literacy.  She also was a spokesperson for Change a Child’s Story, a campaign for literacy with United Way of Dallas.  She chaired the 2011 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Stair Climb, and is the incoming president elect of the 2018-2019 Genesis Board Alliance at the Genesis Shelter, an organization that helps women and children of domestic violence.