Rachel is an arts producer and creative facilitator with more than 15 years of experience delivering community-centred projects across Australia and internationally. She spent seven years with the award-winning national arts and social change organisation Big hART, producing major programs including Project O, Positive Futures, and the community arts and ecology hub The Watershed. Her work spans immersive performance, film, music, podcasting, animation and festival presentations, with highlights including directing a Project O work for 10 Days on the Island (2018) and serving as Associate Director on the First Nations–led work When Water Falls at MONA FOMA (2022).

She holds a Master of Applied Theatre from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where she gained valuable experience working across diverse community arts projects and strengthening her commitment to socially engaged practice. With strong skills in program design, workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and cross-sector partnerships, she has worked closely with rural and regional communities in lutruwita/Tasmania, advocating for young people and supporting creative development at a grassroots level.

Her earlier career includes roles with Sydney Theatre Company, Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, Starlight Children’s Foundation, and SkillsOne Television, alongside international facilitation work in Guatemala, the UK and Nepal, and community education roles in the Northern Territory. Across all projects, she brings a unique blend of creative vision, strategic program management, and a long-standing commitment to producing impactful, collaborative arts experiences that amplify community voices.