Rachel Brustein

Rachel Brustein is a Program Evaluation Associate at Pilot Light in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to JCLP, Rachel spent four years in her hometown of Chicago working in a variety of settings, including youth development, Jewish education, babysitting, and the mortgage industry. She also spent time organizing with IfNotNow and the Sunrise Movement, and serving as a Leadership Fellow with Mishkan Chicago. In 2016-2017, Rachel participated in Avodah in Washington, DC, where she worked at Interfaith Power & Light, organizing faith communities to take action on climate change. Rachel graduated from Goucher College in 2016 with a B.A. in sociology; at Goucher, Rachel was the Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, and wrote her senior paper on feminist interpretations of mikvah rituals.