Rachel is a native of Southern California. After beginning her law practice in labor & employment, Rachel felt called to pursue adoption law and advocate for promoting life and creating families. She has always had a heart for the pro-life movement and for supporting both mother and child. While in law school, Rachel’s Student Comment “Pro [Whose?] Choice”, which argues for the Constitutional personhood of the unborn, was published in Chapman Law Review. She was also awarded a position in the Blackstone Legal Fellowship with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a leadership development program designed to equip law students to engage the legal culture particularly with natural law principles and in the realms of religious freedom and First Amendment issues.

Rachel received her Bachelors Degree from the University of Southern California in 2003 and her law degree from Chapman University in 2010. While in law school, where she graduated second in her class, Rachel served as Senior Notes Editor on the Executive Board of Chapman Law Review and was a member of the Moot Court Honor Board. She was also nominated to the National Order of Scribes and was the recipient of the Golden Quill Award for superior brief writing. In addition to the Blackstone Fellowship, Rachel also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Glenda Sanders in the Orange County Superior Court.

Rachel also currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Fowler School of Law, Chapman University, where she teaches a class with focus on practical application of principles learned in Civil Procedure lecture courses.

Rachel lives in South Orange County with her husband Jim and two boys. They attend Coast Hills Church in Aliso Viejo. Together they enjoy being outdoors, traveling, movie nights, and cheering on the USC Trojans.