Since 2010, Rachel Tate has taught students with special needs, first as an inclusion special education teacher in Prince George’s County public schools and as a Secondary Program Specialist and Resource Teacher for Montgomery County public schools.

Tate has also served as a Special Olympics coach and as a mentor for identified at-risk youth. She considers her most significant professional accomplishments to be teaching a medically fragile student how to walk and helping nonverbal students gain their voices through sign language. Through her work, she hopes to encourage the community at large to accept and engage disabled students so that they, too, feel included in daily life.

Rachel has served on instructional leadership teams at Duckworth Regional School and Albert Einstein High School. She holds a master’s degree in special education from Western Governors University and a post-graduate certificate from McDaniel College. She lives at home with her husband, children, and dog!