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Rachel Ishofsky is the Associate Executive Director of Jewish Heart for Africa, a nonprofit organization that brings sustainable Israeli technologies to rural African villages. While studying art and literature at New York University, Rachel took some time to study and teach in West Africa, where she founded a small nonprofit for street children. After graduating summa cum laude with a B.A. in individualized study, she traveled throughout Eastern Europe and Asia before returning to her native New York and joining the Jewish Heart for Africa team. Rachel has worked with various nonprofits promoting the arts, education and human rights; speaks Hebrew and Spanish; taught English on three continents and has traveled to over 30 countries.