Rachel is capable, versatile, and creative, with over 5 years of experience writing professionally. She specializes in grant writing and nonprofit communications, but as a lifelong writer with degrees in creative and professional writing, she is adaptable and proficient in many genres and styles. Her experience includes policy and procedure manuals, blog and social media content, syllabi and instructional material, and academic research writing. She has also worked as a copy editor for academic publications and for a translated fiction publishing house.

Most recently, Rachel worked as a full-time grant writer for a nonprofit behavioral healthcare organization, where she crafted winning proposals for a wide array of funders, including private foundations large and small, corporate philanthropy programs, and government agencies at all levels. She also became adept in many other areas of nonprofit communication, including executive program summaries, social media and website content, policy advocacy letters, and annual report content. In addition to writing, she redesigned the agency's website and coordinated, edited, and designed its annual report. Though web and publication design may seem quite separate skill sets from writing, Rachel's instincts for audience awareness and multimedia communication transfer easily to a variety of formats.

In addition to her experience as a professional communicator, Rachel has nearly 10 years of experience as a writing educator. She began as a writing tutor in college, and she continued to tutor in writing centers for many years after. Her Master's degree in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse gave her the opportunity to study writing education alongside professional writing, honing her ability not only to write well, but also to communicate well with others about writing as both a process and a product. In fact, talking about writing is one of her favorite activities, perhaps even surpassing writing itself. She looks forward to discussing your next writing project!