Rachel joined the BRYC team in 2020 and has served in multiple positions. In August 2024 she transitioned to director of writing. In this role, Rachel oversees BRYC’s Senior Fellow Writing Program, which includes leading a summer writing retreat, supporting seniors step by step through the college admissions essay composition process, managing volunteer writing coaches, and advising all BRYC program managers on writing initiatives for their cohorts.

Originally from New Jersey, Rachel earned her bachelor’s degree in English and American literature from New York University and worked as a publishing assistant and marketing specialist with Simon & Schuster before relocating to Flagstaff, Arizona. In Flagstaff she tutored English, interned with Northern Arizona University’s Interdisciplinary Writing Program, and taught with the Upward Bound Summer Academy while earning her master’s in rhetoric and writing instruction and a master’s certification in teaching English as a second language (TESL) from NAU. She moved to Baton Rouge in 2015 to teach at LSU, where she was an award-winning instructor and tutor, specializing in teaching young adult literature and service-learning composition courses focused on American food insecurity. When not at BRYC, Rachel is most likely baking; exercising; or going on adventures with her husband, their two dogs, and their son, Nathaniel Robin.