Rachel Ginocchio, MPH

Freelance writer, educator, and consultant.

Although I can’t ever go fast enough for my tastes, MPH does not stand for miles per hour.

Rachel holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH). She received her degree at the University of Washington as an MCHB Economics Fellow, and her master’s thesis is published in a peer-reviewed academic journal. Rachel has held numerous positions within public health, where she gained a firm understanding of evidence-based science and where she honed her written and verbal communication skills.

Recently she set out to accomplish two goals: to write a book about life (Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be) and death. Despite the fact that every human experiences both of these events, they are not well understood and shrouded in taboo. Rachel is on a mission to change that.  Roads to Family launched Rachel into the world of national and local speaking engagements, teaching in public and private schools, recording podcasts, writing blogs, and serving on boards and advisory committees. Through these activities, Rachel has garnered years of experience and a natural ease in bringing uncomfortable topics into the open, breaking down complicated concepts into juicy bite-sized pieces, and writing/teacing/speaking in an approachable way that connects with youth. 

Rachel is now pivoting her skills and talents to spark a long overdue and needed conversation with youth about death and all that follows.