Rachel is a 3x recipient of the DCLA Art Fund award and a NYFA City Artist Corps award for the short films SO GOES THE NATION, RAISING ASD and the play SPECTRUM OF TRUTH. Her feature URBAN FARMERS received a DCLA Premier grant and screened at The New School Climate Action Week. She wrote and directed the short documentary film PASSING THE TORCH: WOMEN WHO LEAD as a collaboration with Staten Island Museum’s suffragette exhibit. Her feature screenplay THE AQUANAUTS received the Alfred P. Sloan Writers Fellowship. She earned an MA in Educational Theatre from NYU, a Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting from UCLA TFT, and a Professional Certificate in Drama from Amda.
aRTISTIC statement
Rachel is committed to themes of loyalty to a cause at great sacrifice. She explores the intimate connection women have to landscapes as these backdrops convey the internal strength and will to survive under the harshest conditions whether they be personal or environmental. she infuses comedy and drama as a path toward emotional truth. No matter her role on a project, she infuses a relentless attention to detail, extensive research and a collaborative spirit.
