Rachel Manandhar

Rachel Manandhar is an Education Specialist focused on increasing educational equity through literacy instruction and intervention at the high school level. Over the past 20+ years, Rachel has had the joy and privilege of working with students from diverse cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds in urban public school special education programs. She earned her B.A. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Brown University, M.Ed. from Lesley University, and Reading Instruction Certificate from UCSD Extended Studies. Rachel’s current work at Berkeley High School focuses on providing reading and writing intervention to students with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities, leading professional development on adolescent literacy, and collaborating with colleagues across grade levels and content areas to share evidence-based instructional practices. Outside of school, Rachel enjoys reading and listening to podcasts about literacy endlessly while spending time in the hills and on the beach with her husband, kids, and big dog, Ollie.