Rachel Halbach

Rachel O’Brien Halbach originally came to Seminary because she wasn’t sure what it was. Rachel grew up outside Seattle, attended Western Washington University and earned her Bachelors of Arts in English Literature and Education. She competed in handball, track, cross country, and is a published poet. Shortly after coming to Christ, while spending time in an orphanage in Mexico, Rachel decided to return to graduate school and on a whim, moved to Portland to attend Multnomah. Rachel has her Graduate Degree in Bible and a Masters of Arts in Teaching Secondary Education. She spent four years working with a small trailer park community and when she married, moved there with her husband. She currently works for a large mentoring organization as a case worker and leads the Teen Ministry and Community Life Team at Irvington Covenant Church. Rachel is sometimes described as ‘the most intimidating student’ her teachers have ever met. She loves to run, write, camp, cook, garden, sew and spend time with her neighbors. She met her husband when he TA’d Dr. Metzger’s theology class in 2007 and they were married in 2010. Rachel aspires to teach high school, improve her Spanish, travel and write.