Rachel Russell is a performer and dance educator interested in the liberation of black women through understanding and bolstering the world making of black women in the arts and beyond. Rachel dances with Àṣẹ Dance Theatre Collective and Sydnie L. Mosley Dances. Rachel has served as an arts administrator, production/choreographer's assistant, research assistant, administrative intern, and workshop co-facilitator for choreographers such as Ni’Ja Whitson, and organizations such as Urban Bush Women. In the spring of 2013 Rachel presented her undergraduate thesis paper, “She Called Her Laquifa!” at the American College Dance Festival Association at the Minnesota State University-Mankato.