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My specialty is making projects, programs, and organizations look good. About MeHello, I’m Rachel. I’ve been building websites for over 15 years. I like to refer to myself as an aspiring local celebrity do-gooder. I graduated with my Masters of Public Administration from UMKC in 2014. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Nice to meet you. <\/strong> My name is Rachel.<\/p>\n My passion<\/strong> is where social justice and technology meet. <\/em><\/p>\n My specialty <\/strong>is making projects, programs, and organizations look good.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section> I am 32 years old and like to refer to myself as an aspiring local celebrity do-gooder. I graduated a few years ago with my Masters of Public Administration from UMKC. I have spent the past thirteen years building a career helping disabilities in a variety of capacities. I started out as a direct support professional (in lay men\u2019s terms: paid caregiver), supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live independently in their homes to put myself through undergrad. Shortly after I started doing that, I also joined the ranks of millions of Americans who have served with AmeriCorps, a national service program that supports many vital social services and community programs across the country. During my AmeriCorps service, I started a youth program for underserved Latino youth with disabilities with the goal of building social and independent living skills, increasing community integration, and volunteering at a local Latino-serving community organization. The program is still there, ten years later.<\/p>\n After I earned my Bachelors, I had to get a \u2018real job.\u2019 I spent a year as a supervisor over the DSPs that work in people\u2019s homes. I really loved that job but only stayed there for one year, when I received an offer I could not refuse to go to work at a department of my alma mater which is a statewide, federally supported powerhouse of research and training geared towards improving the social status, civil rights, and quality of life of people with disabilities. When I started, my main role was helping the statewide self-advocacy organization by helping them coordinate and prepare for meetings and conferences, prepare informational products, and develop web tools for advocacy. I later transitioned to projects focused on providing and enhancing supports to families and my job functions changed to communications and design. During my time at the UCEDD, I earned my Master's degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in nonprofit management, built a nationally known brand in the disability field from the ground up in partnership with my team, and coordinated the design, development, and monitoring of communications across many projects.<\/p>\n After 8 years of stable employment, I moved on to launch my own business.<\/p>\n You see, for the past few years, I have been taking care of my grandma as her primary caregiver.\u00a0It has been quite the journey. Since that time, I\u2019ve learned more than I ever want to know about what it\u2019s like to grow old in today\u2019s world.\u00a0I have been chronicling my millennial caregiving adventures at\u00a0takingcareofgrandma.com<\/a>. I launched my caregiving blog in May of 2017. 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