Rachelanne Rae Vander Werf have lived all over the Sacramento Valley and think of it as my home. She has always worked to better the quality of the Sacramento area my whole life. Rae grew up caring about the environment, recycling, cleaning up trails and helping others. As a young adult, she ...
Read moreRachelanne Rae Vander Werf have lived all over the Sacramento Valley and think of it as my home. She has always worked to better the quality of the Sacramento area my whole life. Rae grew up caring about the environment, recycling, cleaning up trails and helping others. As a young adult, she would volunteer with local animal rescues, and when Rae went to college she was involved with my local community from search and rescue, food banks as well as local church and community events for the holidays for the community. When Rae came back to the Sacramento area after college, she became an AmeriCorp VISTA, serving in a non-profit affordable housing corporation. The VISTA experience allowed her to give back to the community and work in low-income and rapid re-housing. This internship helped open new outlooks for Rae and drive her to find new ways to serve because as someone who cares deeply about the environment, she understood that others could not have the ability to care for the environment as they might want when they have so many other challenges affecting them daily. Rae has a has Bachelors in Environmental Policy, and Masters in Water Resource Management and she hope to utilize her specialized background to better the community.
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