Rachel began her formal circus training at New England Center for Circus Arts in Brattleboro VT in Contortion and Aerial Sling. She was awarded a scholarship to Actor’s Gymnasium in Chicago IL and completed their Circus Arts Intensive program. She further specialized her training in Chicago through study in Mongolian Contortion technique under the mentorship of Mongolian coach Oyunchimeg Yadamjav.  Rachel joined Host of Sparrows Aerial Circus in 2015 where she  has been performing and  teaching ever since. Rachel started Shape Shifters Contortion LLC with a mission to provide outreach workshops to  regional performing  arts studios. Rachel’s pursuit of continuing education and professional development  has led her to achieve flexibility teacher training certifications through Cirque du Soleil’s Alixa Sutton. She  has also completed professional development workshops on the Physical Therapy approach to injury prevention through Cirque Physio. Rachel  hopes to  use these different techniques to help clients  achieve  better mobility,  flexibility, and wellbeing through Stretch Therapy.