Rachel Salop is the Administrative Assistant at the Center for Improving Youth Justice. She recently graduated from The George Washington University with a double major in Geography and Environmental Studies and a minor in Creative Writing and looks forward to continuing her studies in the future. Before joining CIYJ, Rachel worked as a Civic Leadership and Environmental Advocacy Representative at the Vineyard Conservation Society, where she attended and reported on local government meetings to track environmental issues, analyzed case studies to inform local solutions, and authored original articles for print.