Rachel started building websites in 1996, and has acquired a broad range of technical knowledge including front-end development, back-end development, API design, database architecture, systems administration, and QA testing. She started using WordPress personally in 2005, and professionally since 2009. Her contributions to the WordPress Community include speaking at WordCamps, contributions to BuddyPress, and contributions to WordPress 3.6 and 3.8.
Rachel has lead development on WordPress projects of all shapes and sizes including for high-traffic communities and Fortune 500 companies. She is a Senior Strategic Engineer at 10up, where her team is trusted to audit themes and plugins for security or performance issues.
Rachel lives in Chicago where she watches the Cubs lose, mentors new developers at Dev Bootcamp, relaxes with a Belgian style beer, and tweets at @rachelbaker
