Rachel graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Florida State University in 2018, where she majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry. As an undergraduate student she volunteered at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Marine Mammal Pathobiology Lab as well as the Sarasota Dolphin Research Project. In 2017 she completed an internship for the C-SCAMP project developing outreach material. She also currently works part time in the education department at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.