Rachel is a passionate educator, with experience teaching elementary general and choral music. Rachel is currently working on her doctorate at Michigan State University where she is a graduate teaching assistant, oversees undergraduate student teachers, and has served with the community engagement program. Her research interests are founded in special education: examining the relationship between music educators and special educators, developing course work in teaching music to students with disabilities, and how music may benefit those with language delays. Rachel is the coauthor of two publications; First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk, and Feierabend Fundamentals.