Rachel is of the Raven moiety and Dog Salmon clan from the Big Dipper house at Auke Bay. She has served on the Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s council for 4 terms, worked at Mt Edgecumbe High School intermittently since 1990, and owned her own businesses. She is a True Colors trainer and a Cultural Heritage trainer. She has 6 children and 10 grandchildren, and was Sitka Woman of the year in 2003 and Sitka Tribe Woman of Distinction in 2009.