Rachel Rosolina (she/her) is Communications Director for Appalshop, a media arts nonprofit in Letcher County, Kentucky, that centers on storytelling. Rachel graduated from Berea College with a degree in English and a minor in Appalachian Studies and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from West Virginia University. After a long career in publishing, Rachel pivoted her writing, editing, and design skills to strengthen organizational communications.

Rachel serves on the Journal of Appalachian Studies editorial board and the Berea College Alumni Executive Council, and she is a member of the Eastern Kentucky Media and Influencer Network. She has had work published in such outlets as Still: The Journal, Women Speak anthologies, Untelling, and Belt Magazine. She has also attended the Hindman Appalachian Writers’ Workshop, the Hub City Summer Intensive Workshop, and the Tremont Writers’ Workshop.

Born and raised in East Tennessee, she currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Whenever possible, she is reading, writing, or contemplating the eccentricities of life while hiking in the woods.