Michael Wilson graduated from Cal State University, Chico in 1974 with a degree in English. He received his teaching credential the following year from Chico, and did graduate work at Fresno State and Fresno Pacific College. He has been teaching in the Visalia Unified School District for twenty-three years and has taught theatre arts for the past eighteen years. He currently teaches three levels of drama, along with American Literature and Advanced Composition/Grammar. He directs and produces plays for Golden West High School and his directed over fifty plays and musicals thus far.

He is also a professional musician, playing guitar for a ten-piece soul, funk and classic rock band named Run 4 Cover. He has performed in different parts of California, Las Vegas and at Super Bowl XXIII.