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(Evaluator) Imagine growing up in the north where you can see the luminous stars filling the skies at nights. Rachelle is proud to inform you that she is from Duluth, Minnesota; where the stars shine in the skies at night in the land of ten thousand lakes. Rachelle went to the Minnesota State Academy of the Deaf and graduated in 1997, after which she enrolled at Gallaudet University the following fall. After a few semesters, Rachelle left Gallaudet University to explore what was offered out there in the real world, and moved to California where she worked many different jobs for six years. While Rachelle worked, she traveled all over the country and rode 50 miles in Mexico with a group of deaf members. Rachelle enjoys numerous outdoor activities such as rock climbing, surfing, hiking, cycling, camping, snowboarding, jogging out in the woods, and too many more to name! In between all of the activities, Rachelle continued taking general courses at a few community colleges in southern California. The last city that Rachelle lived before returning to Gallaudet University was San Diego. Rachelle is currently a graduate student at Gallaudet University that is about to enter International Development program. Working with different international students at Gallaudet has inspired Rachelle as she enjoys listening to their unique stories from where they are from. The International students have taught Rachelle many things and they have broadened her perspective about the world. They helped Rachelle gain her appreciation for diversity and how to value others as much as she values herself. The experiences Rachelle had with international students inspired her as she gained her desire to work with different deaf people in other countries. Rachelle realizes it is very important for a young deaf women like herself to be a role model and to bring and share the resources with others. Rachelle was born to be a world traveler! |