Rachel Lit

Hometown: Stanford, CA

Major: Human Biology (+ earth systems minor!)

Three things I love to do at Stanford outside of class: read a good book with a cup of Philz coffee, hike the Los Trancos trail at Foothill Park, & run around with the women's ultimate frisbee team

I could talk all day about: Hiking & backpacking, intricate board games, Crying in HMart (& other biographies), food & cooking, disability justice, social determinants of health, climate change, growing up as an RF kid

I would love to connect with guests who work in fields related to: Public health, epidemiology, climate science, food systems & nutrition, conservation, sustainability, psychology, and NGO/policy/service-oriented careers

Biosketch: Despite graduating in June, Rachel wasn't ready to leave the Stanford community just yet — so before she moves on, she is beyond thrilled to return for her second summer, this time as a teens counselor! Outside of lectures on infectious disease emergence and the impacts of climate change on human health, she spends her time playing on Stanford's women's ultimate frisbee team, leading wildfire-risk mitigation efforts as a Living Lab Fellow at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, and teaching her friends elaborate card games. Rachel loves baking, reading, running, Winnie the Pooh, and anything related to nature/being outdoors. She is also a huge foodie which can mainly be attributed to her mixed Korean & Jewish heritage. Growing up with two public elementary school teachers as parents has instilled an innate love for children and teaching in Rachel, and she absolutely cannot wait to spend another summer alongside campers & their families at Fallen Leaf Lake!!!