Rachel was born and raised in Georgia, moved to Maryland for 6 years and is now back in Georgia. She has an identical twin sister who is 7 minutes older than her, a little brother 13 years younger than her, and 1 fur baby. Yoda, her tuxedo cat is 12 years old. Rachel has had Yoda since his mother gave birth to him. Yoda was born unable to breathe. Rachel gave him CPR and he took his first breathe, and she ended up keeping him. Rachel always knew she wanted to work with animals. She first wanted to be a small animal vet. That has slowly evolved and ultimately she wants to become a equine ophthalmologist.