Rachel is originally from Pittsburgh, PA. She began traveling the world performing at the age of 18. She was a featured adage dancer in Japan with Tokyo Disney and performed for a cruise line throughout northern Europe as a featured dancer, adage partner, and aerialist. Rachel grew up in the NYCDA family as a Regional Outstanding Dancer many times over, and has found her way back home, traveling full time teaching with NYCDA and heading up the “Ready, Set, Dance” program. She recently performed at the renowned Joyce Theater in NYC with "Revolution" in the fall of 2007 and more recently has finished the show’s first national tour. She has also been busy performing with a new contemporary company based out of NYC. You can also find her teaching locally in NYC as well as teaching and choreographing at master workshops across the U.S.