ABOUT RACHEL

Originally from Dallas, Texas, Rachel Belkin has been a teacher for most of her life, teaching and tutoring since she was in high school. Rachel loves learning, teaching, and helping others, and has a wide variety of interests and experiences. She double majored in Spanish and Psychology and minored in Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Rachel enjoys traveling and has spent time living, working, and studying in a few different countries.  After college, she had a variety of jobs including working at the Texas State Capitol and in the finance department at the Texas Rehabilitation Commission.  She even explored film work by being an extra in some movies, commercials, and music videos.

After a couple of years in the “real world”, Rachel decided she wanted to be a teacher.  She received a Master’s degree in Education and a teaching certificate from Texas State University.

She taught Math at West Ridge Middle School, but once she had her sons, Evan and Noah, she decided to stay at home and tutor part-time.

Rachel started teaching at ATA College Prep in the fall of 2017.

In addition to teaching and tutoring, Rachel is a blogger, influencer, and content creator.  She writes about lifestyle topics on both her blog and as a freelance writer.   She is a public speaker and has contributed online publications to HuffPost and Hometalk, and has been featured on Fox 7 Austin and CBS Austin.