Michelle Williams graduated from Auburn High School’s Creative and Performing Arts program in 1997. She is an author, mental health advocate and former member of R&B/pop group Destiny’s Child, one of the best-selling female vocal groups of all time. With Destiny’s Child, she earned seven Grammy Award nominations and one win: The Destiny’s Child album “Survivor” won Best R&B Album in 2002.

She is among the most notable Rockford natives and was recently featured in a mural on the corner of West State and Winnebago streets, part of CRE8IV, a community-building, arts-infused event.
Williams has found success as a solo artist and has appeared in theatre and on Broadway, worked as a singer/songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, designer and television host. She is an advocate for mental health and is an ambassador for the Office on Women’s Health, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.