Michelle Navarro is a Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. She specializes in areas including college education planning, family wealth management strategies, services for endowments, foundations, and non-profits, legacy planning, LGBT wealth planning, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, socially responsible and ESG investing, women and wealth, and sports and entertainment. Michelle emphasizes a client-centered approach, aiming to develop wealth plans built around clients' priorities and helping them adjust to inevitable changes.
Michelle brings a personal connection to her work, having grown up in a household that struggled with money management. Motivated by these experiences, she built a career in finance to understand banking, saving, and investing. As a Better Money Habits® educator, she has taught financial literacy in local schools and applies this passion to her relationships with clients. As a wife and mother of three, she understands the importance of planning for loved ones and assists individuals, families, and business owners with retirement planning, saving for homes or children's education, investing, and estate planning.
Michelle holds a High School Diploma from West Valley High School and professional designations including Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA). In her personal time, she enjoys baseball, cooking, football, genealogy, music, painting, reading, spending time with her family, swimming, and watching movies.