As the Senior Associate of Instructional Practice Professional Programs at the National Head Start Association (NHSA), Rachel Hutchison designs online courses for Head Start professionals and facilitates the development of equitable career pathways and effective practice resources. In 2021, she launched NHSA in the Classroom, an initiative that aims to increase access to world-class arts and educational resources through virtual programming.  Rachel earned her bachelors in writing and communication at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and her masters in creative writing at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. Rachel grew up in Havre, Montana and enjoys puppetry, music, and hiking.