Previously, Rachel was a paralegal with the Immigrant Legal Defense Project and assisted with the coordination of NIJC’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Pro Bono Project. She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with degrees in anthropology and Spanish. As an undergraduate, Rachel studied abroad in Lima, Peru and interned for the American Red Cross and the Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center. After graduating, she taught English in Mexico through the Fulbright Program and worked as the translation coordinator at Illinois Legal Aid Online in Chicago.