Michelle

Michelle functions as a named college student in Zoey Bartlet’s cafeteria circle, referenced during a casual French-practice exchange that grounds the scene’s normalcy. She has no active lines beyond being named, serving as a civilian, nonpolitical presence who humanizes Zoey’s social world and heightens the contrast when media attention intrudes. As a recurring diegetic anchor, Michelle helps staffers and viewers appreciate the ordinary stakes that become suddenly politicized when Secret Service and reporters convert private campus life into a public incident.