Rachel is a member of the Choctaw Nation and is a Phd student at Stanford University. She conducted her 2023-24 Fulbright-National Geographic Fellowship in Kyushu, Japan. Through her research and photography in Japan and with Tribal Nations, Rachel is connecting the historic labor movements of the Just Transition with Indigenous values to realize a decolonized energy system for tomorrow.

Ph.D, Stanford University, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (current)

M.A., Middlebury, International Environmental Policy (2023)

B.A., New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study (2016)