Rachel Mentors "Inside Hollywood" Students

As with every year since 2013, Rachel sat down with Miami University’s “Inside Hollywood” program, and provided insights into her career in storytelling. A mentor to the program since its inception, Rachel has consistently played a notable role in this immersive, three-week program known for granting students access to Hollywood’s sound stages, producers, celebrities, and more. Read on for one of the group’s fun experiences in 2023:

a chat with James Cordon at The Late Late Show

Rachel Pens Colorado Guide for AFAR & Visit Colorado

To make the most of winter vacation, AFAR Magazine asked Rachel to write a weeklong guide to exploring beautiful Colorado in the wintertime. Complete with skiing, museums, sleigh rides, and great eats, this itinerary is not to be missed.

A Weeklong Outdoor Adventure in Colorado’s Winter Wonderlands

Rachel Hosts National Media Tour

This week, Rachel enjoyed heading to Atlanta to record nearly *30* back-to-back media interviews for #NationalPlanForVacationDay, which graced TV screens and news segments across the U.S.

If you’re ready to plan your next vacation, here’s one of the segments Rachel recorded in partnership with Allianz, Discover Puerto Rico, OtterBox & Motel 6.

Rachel's Short Film Featured by UN Refugee Agency

👩‍⚕️ Doctors.
👨‍💼 Lawyers.
👩‍🚀 Astronauts.
👨‍🏫 Leaders.

Refugees and displaced people overcome unimaginable circumstances to reach their goals.

Check out a few of these inspiring stories in USA for UNHCR's story map--including the story Rachel produced about her new Syrian friends in the Pacific Northwest.

Rachel Travels Mongolia to Photograph Golden Eagle Festival

After daydreaming about traveling Mongolia for years, Rachel was thrilled to travel Mongolia on assignment for travel company Elsewhere. For this project, Rachel was tasked with documenting the Golden Eagle Festival—made famous by the film The Eagle Huntress—as well as sharing Mongolia’s other travel offerings, such as national parks known for mountaintop temples and wild horses, and a fashion-forward capital city filled with opportunity.

Check out some of Rachel’s coverage below:

• MONGOLIA PHOTOGRAPHY: Instagram Slideshow

• A DAY AS AN EAGLE HUNTER: INSTAGRAM REEL

• SNOWY EAGLE HUNTER: INSTAGRAM REEL

Rachel Produces EduCon for YouTube

This summer, Rachel signed on with creative agency MAS to produce YouTube’s EduCon conference, an event that brings together hundreds of top-tier creators, storytellers, and technical minds from around the world to share content, conversation, and inspiration. In her role as Content Producer, Rachel produced and oversaw all of the content for the NYC event, spanning everything from the opening “anthem” video to the main stage keynote speeches (including one from Neil deGrasse Tyson!), and the interstitial videos to the breakout room panels.

Producing videos, coaching speakers, crafting copy, managing talent relations, overseeing the live run-of-show, and more, Rachel knocked it out of the park alongside her teammates from MAS, YouTube, and Google.

Rachel Discusses How to Get Your Own TV Show with The Professional Hobo

After both women spoke at Women’s Travel Fest in 2022, Rachel and “The Professional Hobo” Nora Dunn felt like kindred spirits. After swapping a few laughs and tales of adventure, Nora asked Rachel to join her for a proper conversation over a podcast record. With Nora’s blog notes reading things like “Practical, Profound, and Just Plain Funny. (Also, hot.)”, Rachel’s cheekily pleased to share this one. Give a listen:

How to Get Your Own TV Show, with Rachel Rudwall, Rachel Roams

Rachel Writes Puerto Rico Feature for AFAR

In celebration of San Juan’s 500th anniversary, AFAR Magazine tapped Rachel to write an article celebrating five centuries of history and culture in Puerto Rico’s capital city. Read the adventure- and culture-filled article:

How to Explore 500 Years of History and Culture in Old San Juan

Rachel Helps You Explore Alabama in This Piece for AFAR Magazine

Always a fan of traveling warm-weather destinations, Rachel was glad AFAR Magazine tapped her to dive into the American South while writing this 5-day itinerary about Gulf Shores, Alabama:

Travel Differently in Alabama’s Gulf Shores and Orange Beach

Rachel Speaks at Womens Travel Fest 2022

Rachel loved joining the Women’s Travel Fest speakers’ roster again this year to lead her fan-favorite workshop “On-Camera Hosting: How to Look Like a Pro But Still Feel Like You,” which teaches women how to look and feel their best when public speaking, shooting video content for their social channels, or building out their professional on-camera hosting path.

Rachel Publishes 4-Part Germany Series on AFAR

This fall, AFAR Magazine decided to compile a series of articles on Germany’s top cities to visit, and they tapped Rachel to write pieces on the rich and adventure-filled destinations of Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne, and Bremen. To learn more about each of these cities, check out Rachel’s articles below!

1. How to Discover the Best of Munich on Foot

2. How to Celebrate the Outdoors in Stuttgart, One of Germany’s Most Beautiful Cities

3. Three Remarkable Days in Cologne

4. 9 Reasons Why Bremen is One of Germany’s Most Innovative Cities

Rachel Produces Short Film for U.N.

As a Refugee Champion for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Rachel consistently works to uplift the stories of refugees through her writing, social media content, and now a short film, which she produced for USA for UNHCR. Following the stories of Syrian refugees Alaa and Lujein and their two daughters, Rachel profiles a day-in-the-life of this remarkable and resilient family. Follow the link below to watch the short film and learn more:

Refugee family finds hope through resettlement and pandemic

Rachel Named UNHCR "Refugee Champion"

For all her work supporting the U.N. Refugee Agency, Rachel has been named a Refugee Champion. In the words of the team at USA for UNHCR:

Rachel… Thank you so much for continuing to share about and stand with all of us here at USA for UNHCR — we have lovingly begun referring to you as a USA for UNHCR Refugee Champion, a title you should wear very proudly, because we could not help nearly as many people as we do during times of crisis like this without your amazing support!

To learn more about how you can uplift and support refugees, please visit USA for UNHCR.

Rachel Profiles Ireland for AFAR

Rachel’s a big fan of all things Emerald Isle, so when AFAR asked Rachel to write an article on “slow adventure” in Ireland, she immediately said, “Yes!” Read below for Rachel’s guide:

Get to Know a Different Ireland

Rachel Hosts World Refugee Day Livestream for UNHCR

In celebration of World Refugee Day, Rachel hosted an Instagram Live conversation on behalf of the UN Refugee Agency, chatting with the powerful and insightful Chantale Zuzi.

Watch the Livestream Conversation here

Chantale is 20 years old, and originates from the Democratic of Congo. One of 10 children—and the oldest girl—Chantale was forced to flee the DRC at age 13 when her parents were massacred. After spending years in refugee camps in Uganda and Kenya, Chantale immigrated to the U.S. three years ago.

Now living in Massachusetts, Chantale is a motivational speaker and an advocate for human rights. She previously worked as a senior fellow with RefuSHE, as well as a mentor to refugee girls both in her former safe house in Kenya and to others resettled worldwide.

Chantale enjoys writing, telling stories, and spending time with her family in her spare time. While she has overcome a life full of loss and hardship, these forces have forged her path as a young woman determined to forge a future in service to others.

Rachel Speaks at Women's Travel Fest

For the third time, Rachel has joined the ranks of explorers from the around the world to speak at Women’s Travel Fest in NYC. This year, she spoke about staying safe while traveling alongside fellow panelists Tracey Breeden, Vice President, Head of Safety & Social Advocacy at Match Group, and Stephanie Zito, seasoned world traveler and humanitarian change-maker.

Rachel also led her crowd-favorite workshop “On-Camera Hosting: How to Look Like a Pro But Still Feel Like You,” teaching women how to look and feel their best when public speaking, shooting video content for their social channels, or building out their professional on-camera hosting path.