Hometown: Northern Virginia
Undergraduate education: Wake Forest University (major: Art History)
Previous occupation: Science, Engineering, and Technology Advisor to DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
Future plans: Design, Innovation and Strategy
Darden activities: Darden Business Design Club; Darden Technology Club; Marketing Club; General Management and Operations Club; Asian Business Club at Darden; Outdoors Club; Graduate Women in Business

After attending a magnet school for science and technology, Rachael decided to break her parents’ hearts and majored in Art History.  Studying archaeology, religion, history, and specializing in medieval architectural history, she wanted to combine Indiana Jones and Robert Langdon into a much shorter and more feminine package.  

Following undergrad, Rachael moved to South Korea as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant, where she taught 17-year-olds English and tried to ignore their questions about rappers, Lady Gaga, and how to get into MIT.  Upon returning home to Northern Virginia and after a stint as a customer service representative (thank you, recession), she started RK Creative Solutions and served as an advisor to DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) on several software programs for the military.  She’s now a First Year student at Darden and realizing that she should have taken accounting before starting a small business.

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