Michelle Kim is a strategist who grew up listening to stories. They varied in forms: a reality tv contestant’s sob story, a stray rumor about a neighbor’s son, or the epic saga that was her high school math teacher’s ongoing divorce. What always stayed the same was her desire to hear more, to understand why, and where to hear the next one.  Cliches aside, this is what draws her to strategy - its proximity to people, their stories, and the many things that manage to captivate their attention.