Rachel Sumner is an emerging writer exploring the nuanced intersections of identity, grief, and belonging. With a focus on family, self-discovery, and the complexity of the human experience, she crafts narratives that are both deeply personal and universally resonant.

Based in Oakland, CA, Rachel is currently working on her first book, a memoir, about family separation, kinship, and the pursuit of wholeness.

“ … i ask myself, you lives here?

a hungry child still waiting to be fed / a body etched with the scars of abandonment / a survivor of the lessons of grief come to soon / a contortionist folding herself smaller and smaller / a growing muscle attempting to bench press the weight of the world / an organizer as coping mechanism / a tenacious healer / a parent to the child of myself / a yin to a yang / an instigator of deep belly laughter / a hiker of endless mountains / a craver of deep connection / a kale lover before it was cool / a fumbling wordsmith / a mostly grounded yogi / a sometimes ghost in my own house / a village dreamer / a tail wagging in play / a horny love seeker / an awe filled wanderer/ a cowboy in the wild wild west of my mind / a vessel for synchronicity / an open channel to all the possibilities / an attentive listener / a wide - opened seer / a page waiting to be written / a story ready to be told. “