Rachel joined Side By Side Advocacy recently in April 2024. Her professional experience spans a diverse range of non-profit organisations, including youth mentorship, entrepreneurship incubators, specialist community legal centres, systemic advocacy organisations. She has worked with high school students from all over Sydney including from disadvantaged areas, and marginalised communities including refugees, the homeless and First Nations peoples; and is an accredited Mental Health First Aider. She centres her professional approach around trauma-informed practice. She believes the work of our lifetimes is to see the humanity in all humans; to amplify and elevate the voices of those who do not have the opportunity to be heard; to defend and protect the rights of our most vulnerable; and to stand behind, stand beside, and stand in front of those who need our support, when they need it.