Rachel Mumford is the Middle School Chaplain and Religion Teacher at NCS. She has taught at NCS since 2007, and has worked in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools. She is a volunteer docent at the Washington National Cathedral. Before teaching at NCS, Ms. Mumford conducted research on religion at the Pew Research Center. She graduated from Yale Divinity School and also completed coursework through the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. She majored in Economics as an undergraduate at Swarthmore College. Ms. Mumford grew up in upstate New York. She and her husband have lived in D.C. since 2004 and have two daughters. Her favorite places in D.C. are Rock Creek Park, the Freer and Sackler Galleries, and the Bishop’s Garden. She enjoys swimming, calligraphy, travel, and music.