I’m a versatile writer, editor, and educator with a literary career as a poet and nonfiction essayist.

With over fifteen years of professional experience, I create intelligent, compelling content and copy for thought leaders across a diverse breadth of fields.

I’ve written, edited, and consulted for organizations and institutions including Gale Group, Kresge Arts in Detroit, Cranbrook Museum of Art, and Issue Media Group, among others—including work under NDA—and spent four years as an in-house digital content specialist at the University of Michigan, where I served as a leader guiding the digital marketing strategy for the University of Michigan’s liberal arts college, the largest individual college within the university. In this capacity I was responsible for the creation and delivery of social content, short-form narrative storytelling in both print and digital formats, and video and multimedia concept development and pre-production.

“Rachel’s gift of storytelling honors the heart of the message.”

Rachel has skillfully partnered with me in generating highly original and engaging content for my website. She proactively researches and synthesizes elements that bring richness to the material and is open to feedback while holding true to her writing expertise. Rachel’s gift of storytelling honors the heart of the message and invites the audience to drop deeper. Website engagement metrics and rankings have steadily improved since we’ve been working together. People are reading the content, reaching out and seeking more, and it’s making a difference.

-Judy York, executive leadership coach

As an educator I’ve taught undergraduate writing at the University of Michigan, continuing education courses at Detroit’s College for Creative Studies, as well as creative workshops for K-12 students in Detroit Public Schools as a writer-in-residence with InsideOut Literary Arts Project.

“Rachel is there to reflect, revise, refine and hone the language to astutely mirror the artist, their work and their vision.”

Summarizing my often disparate projects using "art speak" felt impossible until I met Rachel. I first took her class, Art Writing For Artists, which helped me move through my doubt and discomfort by offering tools for understanding and critiquing others' writing, and offering exercises that initiated new approaches and habits within my own writing practice, which is exactly that—practice. When I needed more specialized assistance with several residency applications, I reached back out to Rachel. She asked me poignant questions that enabled me to find the answers within myself and the shared editing process helped me gain confidence. Because editing exists for a reason, and Rachel is there to reflect, revise, refine and hone the language to astutely mirror the artist, their work and their vision. Rachel facilitated a lasting shift in my relationship with writing—not because I am a perfect writer with a limitless vocabulary and flawless grammar but because I am no longer terrified of being ‘bad and stupid,’ because sharing your writing can be vulnerable, and Rachel provides a safe place to practice and improve.

-Ellen Rutt, multidisciplinary artist

My poetry and nonfiction writing have appeared or are forthcoming in Narrative Magazine, Salmagundi, Michigan Quarterly Review, DIAGRAM, Smartish Pace, and elsewhere. I was formerly the host of the Living Writers Show, a literary talk show on WCBN-FM 88.3 Ann Arbor and have conducted interviews with a wide range of writers including Maggie Nelson, Jonathan Lethem, Marie Howe, and others.

I speak French, am learning Spanish, and spend my free time running, rowing, baking, and restoring my 1910 home in southwest Detroit.