Testimonials
I had the pleasure of working with Rachel as her principal at a high-performing charter school in Newark, NJ. Rachel was our founding performing arts teacher and built our arts program from the ground up. In addition to her hands-on work as an educator, she coached other enrichment teachers across a number of contents and grade levels, including visual arts and physical education. Despite the differences between these content areas and grade levels, Rachel built camaraderie on her enrichment team and invested the students and teachers in her vision for self-actualization through the arts. Rachel is a dedicated arts educator with expertise in pedagogy, teacher development, and program creation."
Lisa Bonnifield
I met Rachel in the Spring of 2018 while I was transitioning from the professional world of the arts into teaching and needed guidance about how to position myself in order to make that move in my career. Rachel helped me build my resume and cover letter so that they targeted private and public schools and successfully coached me through interviews, helping me land a teaching position for the 2018-2019 school year. Rachel was incredibly supportive and willing to share her expertise throughout the process."
Tom Zemon
I had the pleasure of working with Rachel as her principal at a high-performing charter school in Newark, NJ. Rachel was our founding performing arts teacher and built our arts program from the ground up. In addition to her hands-on work as an educator, she coached other enrichment teachers across a number of contents and grade levels, including visual arts and physical education. Despite the differences between these content areas and grade levels, Rachel built camaraderie on her enrichment team and invested the students and teachers in her vision for self-actualization through the arts. Rachel is a dedicated arts educator with expertise in pedagogy, teacher development, and program creation."
Lisa Bonnifield
I met Rachel in the Spring of 2018 while I was transitioning from the professional world of the arts into teaching and needed guidance about how to position myself in order to make that move in my career. Rachel helped me build my resume and cover letter so that they targeted private and public schools and successfully coached me through interviews, helping me land a teaching position for the 2018-2019 school year. Rachel was incredibly supportive and willing to share her expertise throughout the process."
Tom Zemon
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I had the pleasure of working with Rachel as her principal at a high-performing charter school in Newark, NJ. Rachel was our founding performing arts teacher and built our arts program from the ground up. In addition to her hands-on work as an educator, she coached other enrichment teachers across a number of contents and grade levels, including visual arts and physical education. Despite the differences between these content areas and grade levels, Rachel built camaraderie on her enrichment team and invested the students and teachers in her vision for self-actualization through the arts. Rachel is a dedicated arts educator with expertise in pedagogy, teacher development, and program creation."
Lisa Bonnifield
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As parents of a Performing Arts Student, we could never have imagined how stressful and overwhelming the entire college application process would be. We were so grateful to meet Rachel. Rachel took a huge burden off, and her direction gave us clarity as we focused on the audition journey ahead. Rachel's knowledge and expertise in her craft benefited us immensely, and her professionalism was priceless! Rachel worked with our daughter from start to finish with writing her artistic resume, choosing the perfect monologues, rehearsing the readings, filming pre-screens, and organizing all application requirements for each school. She also ensured we stayed on schedule and met all the application deadlines. Rachel's experience as an accomplished artist, teacher, and parent gave our daughter the confidence she needed to prepare for every audition. We are so thankful to Rachel for helping our daughter get into the school of her dreams, NYU Tisch. We could not have done it without her!"
Vincent and Camille
My experience working with Rachel was Amazing! She is friendly, easy to work with, and made me feel comfortable. Rachel's experience as an Arts Educator helped me fine-tune my acting and communication skills and gave me the assurance I needed to present myself confidently and easily during the college audition process."
Rachel D.
When I first sat down with Rachel to discuss the process of transitioning from theater artist to theater educator, I thought I might be able to pick her brain and gain a few pointers from her experiences. What I came away with was a new sense of purpose and drive—I didn't just want to make the change, I wanted to make it that second! She is inspiring and grounded, experienced and open to new ideas. Anyone looking for a new perspective or a needed push in a new direction would be well served by talking to Rachel."
Brian Shoaf
As an educator who is trained in social justice and intergroup dialogue, I am keenly aware of the importance of good design and facilitation to any learning experience. Having had the pleasure of working with Rachel over the course of three years, both as a collaborator and co-facilitator, I can say that she is especially adept and intentional in creating learning spaces where folks can discover themselves and learn from one another. An inspiring thespian, director, and facilitator, Rachel’s brilliant engagement of her students was most evident in a six-week Theater for Social Justice project that we collaborated on which culminated in a fearless and personal student-written production."
Gardy Guiteau
As an educator who is trained in social justice and intergroup dialogue, I am keenly aware of the importance of good design and facilitation to any learning experience. Having had the pleasure of working with Rachel over the course of three years, both as a collaborator and co-facilitator, I can say that she is especially adept and intentional in creating learning spaces where folks can discover themselves and learn from one another. An inspiring thespian, director, and facilitator, Rachel’s brilliant engagement of her students was most evident in a six-week Theater for Social Justice project that we collaborated on which culminated in a fearless and personal student-written production."
Gardy Guiteau
My experience working with Rachel was Amazing! She is friendly, easy to work with, and made me feel comfortable. Rachel's experience as an Arts Educator helped me fine-tune my acting and communication skills and gave me the assurance I needed to present myself confidently and easily during the college audition process."
Rachel D.
When I first sat down with Rachel to discuss the process of transitioning from theater artist to theater educator, I thought I might be able to pick her brain and gain a few pointers from her experiences. What I came away with was a new sense of purpose and drive—I didn't just want to make the change, I wanted to make it that second! She is inspiring and grounded, experienced and open to new ideas. Anyone looking for a new perspective or a needed push in a new direction would be well served by talking to Rachel."