About the BRIDE

Rachel was born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma in 1984.  A few years later Jackie, Rachel and Donald moved to Augusta, Georgia with their parents.  Some of her favorite childhood memories were spent in Augusta where should would walk across the street to her Grandparents for a Cream of Wheat breakfast.  In 1991 her family moved to Oak Ridge Tennessee.  She became very active in high school running cross country, pole vaulting during track season and doing competitive co-ed cheerleading.  Her God Mother flew her out to Arizona as a high school graduation present.  Rachel immediately fell in love with the state.  Although she had committed to her freshman year of college at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, she kept her focus on Arizona.  She tried out for Arizona State Cheer via video tryout and made the team.  The summer of 2003 she packed up her car and moved cross country to Arizona.  There she attended Arizona State and was a Sun Devil’s cheerleader for two years.  She is a personal trainer and hopes to pursue her education in nutrition.