Rachel is an experienced communities practitioner with a passion for achieving sustainable social performance outcomes for both companies and communities. She has a decade of experience in the mining industry supporting major mining operations and exploration projects. Having lived and worked in North America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, she is a multilingual communicator who can operate in diverse social contexts. She earned her MA in cultural anthropology from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. As part of her MA research, she undertook three ethnographic field trips to investigate how rapid socioeconomic changes in post-socialist Tanzania were experienced locally, through the perspectives of a group of single mothers. Outside of work, Rachel is passionate about sustainable urban place making and her hobbies include ikebana and experimenting in the kitchen.