Rachel Schmidt is a paralegal in immigration law, a living room musician, a nascent community organizer, and a volunteer with Move to Amend. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Wyoming, and her Master in International Development & Global Health Affairs from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. Experiences in the western U.S., Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and New Haven inform her focus on intentionally connecting (with) people across arbitrary boundaries in oder to build healthy and empowered local communities.