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RACHEL VINCIGUERRA (she/her) is a children’s book author, social worker, young adult cancer survivor and writer. She has worked around the world, including Haiti, India, and Thailand pursuing equity for children, women and girls, and people with disabilities. Currently, she is VP of Programs at Hello Neighbor, a nonprofit serving refugees and immigrants in Pittsburgh and across the U.S.
Rachel has a bachelor’s degree in history from Ohio Wesleyan University and a Master of International Development and Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh. A Boston native, Rachel has made Pittsburgh her home and was named one of Pittsburgh’s 30 Under 30.
She has published two children’s picture books, Spirit and Oppy (Vinci Press, 2021), and Mary Canary and the Worried Feeling (Vinci Press, 2021), as well as a chapbook of poetry, A Mass of Feathers: Love Poems (Bottlecap Press, 2024). She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Patrick, their cat and some chickens.
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