Rachelle is currently a graduate student at the University of Wyoming in the Haub School of Environment & Natural Resources, pursuing a Master’s degree in Environment, Natural Resources, and Society. Her graduate thesis focuses on Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) and the process of downscaling these global climate narratives to Wyoming, with the goal of better understanding how the state’s climate future can be contextualized at a regional level.
Prior to returning to graduate school, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Idaho. Following her undergraduate studies, she worked as an Environmental Scientist at Rocky Mountain Environmental, a local environmental consulting firm based in Idaho Falls, Idaho. In this role, she specialized in conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, groundwater quality monitoring and sampling, and environmental spill response.