Rachel Profiling

Hi y'all!! So excited to be back to share with you my first ever Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Conference Presentation! This presentation discusses the importance of racial diversity in music educators as currently the teaching body in Massachusetts is 93.2% white (DESE, 2023). I share personal anecdotes of my own lived experience as a teacher and person of color, discuss str...

hi! i've missed you!! here's a casual little catch up episode while I drive to work in my kia soul! so much to catch up on, so much on the brain. i've missed podcasting so much but life has been so bananas! so I thought what better way to share my life with you than while driving in the good ol kia soul, thats right the TEXAS KIA SOUL.

WELCOME BACK!!! I have missed you and have the entire summer and more to fill you in on! From graduation, to the eras tour, to the renaissance tour, to DC and LA as well. But of course also thinking about how everything is changing, how that feels and what does that look like and mean in this transitional period, this summer of gimmicks. Life has been so kooky bananas!! Lets be friends on the gram...

What if we were to uproot the music education licensure system to make pre-service teachers of color attaining their degree and license to teach more accessible. In this episode we take a look at the inequities pre-service teachers of color face, trying to teach to a system embedded in Western European curriculum and financial burden. This podcast is a manifesto for my International Human Rights C...

TW: Grief. Today I want to talk with you about someone very important to me, my late mentor Jarritt Ahmed Sheel. I made a promise to myself that I would only come back to podcasting when I felt ready to record the first episode back which had to be in honor of Jarritt. I want everyone to know Jarritt the way I, and so many who love him, know him. Here's to the man who created community with everyo...

levi & I talking our arses off as a surprise episode for my best friends running their arses off in the chicago marathon!! & anyone who just loves to JIBBER JABBAH! proud of you matt & erin woooo!!!! in this ep, levi and I sit down to talk about everything and anything under the sun- catch up w us and join our best friend chat from our autumnal personality traits to discussing a cheeky...

happy fall y'all! it's senior year and I have so many thoughts and have quite a bit to catch you up on. let's jibber jabber! let's be friends on the gram! @rachelpr0filing  photo diary insta: @iffyazola be sure to leave a rate & review ;)

happy finals week oceanographers! today we're having a conversation about how climate change affects our day to day and especially our oceans because that effects our day to day living more than we expect! a little retrospection on how we view climate change and the oceans and how it has almost become a passive conversation. so what can we do to help?

21 years old and losing my little marbles! a lighthearted convo from me to you about feeling a year older and ordering a drink for the first time and cringe-y dates and questioning career paths and going out every night dancing with my friends and working every day, you know! all the key elements to turning the big two one. we're just getting personal and hanging out and diving into my sunset walk...

HAPPY AAPI MONTH!! Wooo!!! This episode we talk with two of my friends from Houston, Alex and Vivian, about 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' and just being Asian! They came to pop in the city for the day so we had to record and ep. It was so nice to speak to them just about all our internal dialogues growing up in the same area and being Asian, our thoughts about the movie, and all good things!...

Happy TWO YEAR RACHEL PROFILING ANNIVERSARY! This episode we're talking all things hip hop and music ed! Live! From our 'Hip Hop for Music Ed' class with professor Jarritt Sheel! Educator, Meaghan O'Connor-Vince joins us as she is a certified pro, sharing her love and knowledge of everything from how to talk about social issues in the classroom to Beyonce's 'Homecoming'. It was such a treat to sha...

hi friends, todays episode is a check in from me to you about me and for you. been going through a tough time lately and nothing makes me feel better than talking to friends. todays episode is all about transparency in how i've been feeling lately bearing a lot of emotional labor, feeling like i'm having to compromise myself to make myself more digestible to wider audiences, whiter audiences, and...

Every life realization and thought ever since we last spoke! You also get to hear my new favorite words and phrases like "vat", "comedic", and "riddle me that".. No edits just everything I want to tell you and didn't realize I wanted to tell you. We're being vulnerable and lighthearted today! Much love! Be sure to leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts! Twitter: @rachelpac16 Insta: @rachel...

Today we are taking a deep dive into music ed and asking "is studying music elitist?" how do we create a safe classroom culture and allow each other to take up space. How do we stop the gatekeeping of music education. Today's episode was a treat to record as a final project and a pleasure as always to bring on one of my best friends and fellow Berklee undergrad, Levi Cooper. Shouts out to Professo...

Seasons greetings! I know it's been a while.. I've missed you! Welcome back to a very raw, uncut, vulnerable episode about simply everything going on lately. (I do discuss racism, tokenization, and depression in this episode). Much love to you, thank you for being here! WE'RE BACK AT IT BABYYYY. Good things are on the way! I can feel it! Let's be friends on the gram! @rachelpac16

Ya! Y'all already know! Back with my baddie Asian miss Katherine Chu! We're calling y'all out for your weird ass yellow fever Asian fetishes but also talking about our lovely friendship and unbreakable bond. Let's be friends on the gram! @rachlepac16 Be sure to leave a rating and review, it really helps us out!

It's the family episode! Come join me, my brother TJ, and best friend Yoyo just shoot the sh!t about everything and goof off for an hour and a half. These are the people who make me, me! I am so grateful to have been able to go home for the first time in two years and podcast with them so you get to see the dynamics I have with the most special people in my life. STREAM PRETTYBOYWORLDWYDE! https:/...

Ayo y'all rockin with the USSR? Just kidding ahaha RACHEL PROFILING IS BACK and nothing is off the table! We're talking niche things, politics, but most importantly you get to meet some of my favorite people in the world!!! Billy is a lifelong friend of mine who I adore and we have the best convos talking about literally anything and everything! In this ep we talk about God and Communism wow like...

You know what they say... Today we're telling our adoption stories! Talking about our transracial adoptions, treasures/gotcha days, we're covering it all upfront, and open. Nick and Rachel share a open conversation for all audiences adoptees and parents alike about the pitfalls and highs of adoption. Basically we're saying anything and everything that runs through our heads. Let's be friends on th...

REUNITING WITH ONE OF MY BESTEST FRIENDS IN THE WHOLE WORLD AFTER 3 YEARS!!! We're chitty chatting about our very special origin story when we met in NYC at AMDA... to what we did this weekend. Which I can confidently say is the happiest I've ever been in since I've moved to Boston (I literally started crying because I was so happy lol). To also discussing how this is the most scene I've felt in a...

Hello friends and welcome to season 2 of 'Rachel Profiling'. Even though this is a fun, cute, quirky title, today we are talking about more serious topics such as being objectified, catcalled, and the rise (but let's be honest it's always been there) in hate crimes against the AAPI community. I am coming to you recording this right after an event in an emotional place because we have all had insta...

It's Rachel Profiling's ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!! So we're taking it back with the VERY FIRST podcast guest Mr. Creston Herron! First podcast ep was more of an interview but today we're just sitting down for a fun conversation with the king himself gossiping and reminiscing on memories to sharing wisdom, sharing some secrets on my end and asking questions you've always wanted to know from your teache...

Epic HTOWN moment sitting down with my girl Kelly Tia today! Kelly is basically MR. WORLDWIDE but the one place we have in common? well actually two places we have in common since we got to Berklee together, but we both call Houston home! Kelly is an incredible artist but even more incredible friend. We talk about everything from our favorite foods back home, our origin stories and what we've lear...

Whataburger, Zaxby's, CANES.. today we are ranking EVERY chicken strip joint we can think of with one of my oldest and dearest friends Mason (NOSAM) Roth!! Nosam and I have been friends from freshman year of high school to movin up north for Berklee together which obviously, entails a lot of buffoonery. Today we dive in about everything from the time he gave me a concussion, Mason's death metal ca...

Today we sit down with fellow Berklee student and homie Wyatt Moran! We talk all things being a music student, growing up in Minnesota, his band, how he writes songs, Maggie Rogers and more. Was a fantastic time gettin to know Wyatt more and learning more about the music making process. Wyatt has a record coming out too! So be sure to follow him on all platforms and keep an eye out. You can find W...