I’m Michelle Marlowe.

For more than a decade, I’ve helped grow Pocket Prep from a three-person startup with a $2k founder investment into a $16m/year SaaS organization serving learners across 155+ certification exams.

As Director of Education, I lead content strategy, governance, and cross-functional initiatives that shape how thousands of professionals learn, prepare, and advance their careers.

What I Believe

AI will not replace educators. But it will redefine what it means to be literate, skilled, and employable.

We are entering a moment where knowing how to think matters more than memorizing what to think. Professionals will need more than domain expertise. They will need the ability to evaluate, collaborate with, and challenge intelligent systems.

Education cannot remain structurally the same in that environment.

I believe:

  • Digital literacy is foundational.

  • AI literacy is becoming essential.

  • Assessment must measure reasoning, not recall.

  • Learning science should shape design decisions.

  • Governance and content systems determine whether quality scales, or erodes.

AI does not lower standards by default. Poor design does.

My Purpose

I created this platform to contribute thoughtfully to the evolving conversation about AI and education, and to engage directly with institutions navigating that shift.

As generative AI becomes embedded in how knowledge is produced and accessed, institutions must rethink what competence means, how assessment measures it, and how learning systems protect critical thinking over time.

I examine questions such as:

  • What should students be able to do independently in an AI-enabled world?

  • How do we preserve assessment validity when AI can generate high-quality responses?

  • Which human skills remain essential as tools change, and how should we design learning to develop them?

  • As AI increases scale and speed, how do we protect rigor, depth, and meaningful standards?

Through writing and research, I explore how education leaders can move from reaction to intentional redesign, grounding innovation in learning science, strengthening assessment, and integrating AI in ways that support long-term student success.