Hi, I’m Rachel!
As a recovering perfectionist I am often caught up with the frenetic pace of the world around me. For a lot of my life (and even now) it served me well—Student Humanitarian Award, Pittsburgh 30 Under 30, leading the The Hello Neighbor Network, working and living in India, Haiti, Thailand, and Nepal, the “I don’t know how you do it” addiction. For a lot of my life it has also made me sick—physically, mentally, emotionally.
At 29, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer. Before my 30th birthday, I underwent 6 months of chemo in my own winter that mirrored the natural season. It was a sudden and important lesson in listening to my body and just listening in general. To be clear, it did not “happen for a reason,” but I did find meaning there. And I continue to find it everyday when I pay enough attention.
I’ve made my home in Pittsburgh with my husband, Patrick, our baby boy, cat, and a flock of chickens we co-parent with our neighbors. But I was born and raised just north of Boston where the time and tides would raise and lower with the moon.
Take care,
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Some Things I Do
Freelance Writing (travel, lifestyle and personal essay)
Trauma-Informed Care & Compassion Fatigue Training for Nonprofits
Human-Centered Program Evaluation
Nonprofit consulting (strategic planning, evaluation reports, executive coaching)
Yoga Instruction including Yin & Myofascial Release
Children’s Book Writing & Publishing
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Amateur Bird Watching
Boards & Leadership
Jane Addams Peace Association
Write to Be
The Birmingham Foundation
Pittsburgh Yoga Collective
Women of Ohio Wesleyan Leadership Committee
Presentation & Facilitation
United Nations Headquarters
Women of Ohio Wesleyan Conference
Ohio Wesleyan University
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh
Rachel Vinciguerra 