Michael Holdrege is a native of Colorado. He completed his Waldorf training in Stuttgart, Germany and then taught at the Rudolf Steiner School in Vienna, Austria for seven years, followed by an additional seven years as faculty and board member at the Institute for Goethean Studies in Vienna. Michael returned to the US in 1990 to work as Faculty Coordinator of the Anthroposophical Society in America. In 1994 he helped found the Chicago Waldorf High School, where he taught until 2019. He currently teaches at the Waldorf Teacher Institute in Chicago and at Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program in Wilton, NH.