Michelle Dobberstein

Early Childhood Director

Michelle Dobberstein loves teaching children about Jesus. It is in everything she does—in teaching our 3 and 4-year-olds and also in raising her boys.

Mrs. Dobberstein graduated from Martin Luther College in 2001 and served for two years in Fond du Lac, WI. She joined our faculty in 2013. In 2020, Michelle earned a master’s degree in Educational Administration with an emphasis in early childhood from MLC.

The Lord led Michelle and her husband, Mark, to a farm outside Manawa. There they raise cattle and their five boys, whom they count as their greatest blessings.

When not at Emanuel, Michelle enjoys her family on the farm, camping, and cheering for her boys’ sports teams.