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Rachel Sokol

location-pin New York, New York

School: Emerson College, BS, Magazine Journalism, 2001

Expertise: Rachel specializes in pregnancy, early childhood, and parenting topics. She also regularly writes about medicine, nutrition, exercise, beauty, wellness, and self-care.

Rachel Sokol

  • Rachel is a healthcare writer who specializes in parenting and childhood development.
  • She has more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor. 
  • In addition to contributing to many health publications, Rachel currently edits American Teen magazine. 

Experience

Rachel has more than 20 years of professional experience as a writer and editor. Early in her career, she honed her skills as a research assistant and fact checker for CosmoGirl and Modern Bride magazines. Rachel now writes for Real Simple, Shape, The Healthy, Reader’s Digest, Redbook.com, Country Living, and many other publications, focusing on health and wellness, pregnancy, early childhood, and parenting topics. She also contributes parenting articles to TODAY.com, Mom.com, and New York Metro Parents, often covering special needs topics related to child development.  

Education

Emerson College, BS, Magazine Journalism, 2001