Rachel made Aliyah at age six and grew up in Kiryat Malachi, one of seven children. She became a career Human Resources officer in the IDF for an intelligence battalion, serving for five years, and was released at the rank of Captain. She went on to work in the investment department at Bank Mizrahi and is now a lecturer at Ono in Fundamentals of Finance and Financial Management and a tutor in Math, Statistics, and business and finance subjects at Ono as a result of her degrees.

She participated in the Ono-UIA Canada Ben Gurion Society summer apprentice program in Toronto. Selected by Prof. Gabriela Shalev as most likely to succeed for Lady Globes magazine during LLB studies. She is now married with three young children.