Rachel “Raych” Jackson blends personality with motive, and has given herself the title of an awkward connoisseur--in other words an expert  in being awkward at all times. Raych is a Chicago native, currently studying Elementary Education at DePaul University. Raych will teach in a school of need in the near future following the completion of her degree in June, 2013. She plans to build her own school within the next fifteen years. Raych prides herself in her current weaving of social justice and higher ordered thinking curricula in schools throughout Chicago and its surrounding  suburbs.  As a performer and writer, Raych uses performance and her skillful arrangement of words to convey a message.

Memorial prepared by: Darius Montague