Assistant Director, Generate Hope

Rachel Sato is an educator with experience as a Catholic School Teacher and Assistant Principal in San Diego, CA. She joined ADL in June of 2022 where she now supports students, teachers, and communities across Southern California as they work towards making school a place of inclusivity, respect, equity, and inclusion. Utilizing her educational background in World Religions and Master of Arts in Teaching, Rachel partners with schools to develop and implement comprehensive, school-wide initiatives focused on fostering open discussion, active learning, and critical reflection. Through engaging activities, students and staff explore topics related to identity, examine biases, and develop strategies to challenge bias and hate of all forms in themselves, their peers, and society at large.