Rachael is from Lenexa, KS and moved to Austin in 2014 to join Verge, a contemporary dance company. She is also the executive director of Dance Waterloo, a fiscally sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.

In her spare time she likes to hike, read, and eat pastries. She can speak a little Spanish and gets to use it in the summers when she travels to Panama. She has traveled there the past 3 summers with a dance collective called Bluebird:uncaged, based in Atlanta, GA. In Panama she teaches, performs, and serves the community through dance. It's become her international home!

Read more about Rachael in her bio! We are excited to have her join our DS family.