Rachel Norman
Program Officer - Education, Conservation and Medical Research Programs
Rachel Norman is the Program Officer for the Education, Conservation and Medical Research Programs, helping to make and monitor grants and develop funding strategy for the Trust’s work in New York City public schools; its place-based conservation efforts; and health and basic medical research projects.
Prior to joining the Trust, Rachel was the director of the grant-making program of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in New Orleans, supporting public humanities education programming at universities, schools, museums, libraries and other public venues statewide, as well as summer teacher professional development institutes. She has also worked as a reporter covering education and local governments at newspapers in New York and Mississippi. She began her career as a Teach For America corps member, teaching eighth-grade English Language Arts in Washington, D.C., where more than 80% of her students advanced at least 1.5 years in academic skills annually.
Originally from San Francisco, Rachel holds master’s degrees in journalism and education from Columbia University and American University, respectively, and a bachelor’s degree from Smith College.