After graduating from Tisch in 2018, Rachel established her career as a freelance producer and production coordinator, working a variety of projects including fundraising galas for NPOs, the premier of immersive production "Carmen, To Havana and Back" at the Public Hotel and the New York Botanical Garden's Holiday Bar Cart Nights. She currently lives in Philadelphia, working in pediatric healthcare and is completing her EMT-B certification.

Current Occupation

Pediatric Orthopedic Medical Scribe at the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania

NYU Affiliations

Peer Health Exchange and Tisch Undergraduate Student Council (Club Liaison)

WHY PS @ NYU:

I chose Performance Studies at NYU because I want to study the ways in which performance impacts society and how histories and cultures play a role in creating different performance mediums.  As a theatre major at my previous university, I found myself limited by the fundamental approach of their theatre department.  To me, “theatre” is more expansive and interconnected than how my institution was presenting it.  I am passionate about studying how performance affects the communities in which we live and how performance arts can impact societies to promote social change. 

Tisch’s performance studies interdisciplinary curriculum coupled with its experiential educational approach as well as NYU’s aim to provide students with the tools they need to shape society is what I was looking for in a learning environment.  As someone who enjoys challenging conventional ideas, experimenting with various forms of expression and finding new ways to look at and analyze a topic, I knew that an education at New York University would expand my views of performance while providing the diverse academic environment and passionate student community that would further enable me to grow and impact the world around me.