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About Rachel Storch
Rachel serves on three committees in the Missouri House: Budget; Ways and Means; and Appropriations for Transportation and Economic Development. She is also a Deputy Whip for the Democratic Caucus. Following her first year in the legislature, Rachel was recognized as “Best Local Politician” by the Riverfront Times and “Best Up-and-Coming Politician” by St. Louis Magazine. She also received “Legislator of the Year” awards from Paraquad and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. Rachel has committed her adult
life to fighting for the people
of Missouri. She had the privilege
of working for both Mel and Jean
Carnahan. In 2000, Rachel was the
Director of Operations on Governor
Carnahan’s campaign for the
United States Senate against John
Ashcroft. Subsequently, she served
as Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator
Jean Carnahan in Washington, D.C.
Rachel was the senior policy advisor
for Senator Carnahan on a range
of issues, including education,
crime and public safety issues,
and judicial nominations. Additionally, Rachel tutors a first-grader at the Adams Elementary School. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the Family Care Health Center in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. Prior to her work in politics, Rachel was a public interest attorney at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri where she focused on health care and welfare issues affecting low-income Missourians. She also served as an Americorps*VISTA attorney at Legal Services for a year after graduating from law school. Rachel's father, Greg,
is a doctor who has been on the
faculty at Children’s Hospital
for thirty years. He also runs an
AIDS clinic for children in the
city of St. Louis. Her mother, Debby,
owns a small business in University
City that belonged to her mother.
Rachel has three siblings, Nate,
Emily, and Thomas. |
At
age 32, Rachel Storch was elected
to the Missouri House of Representatives.
A native St. Louisian, Rachel grew
up in the district she now represents.
She graduated from the John Burroughs
School and attended Harvard University
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where
she graduated cum laude with an
A.B. in American History and Literature.
She received her law degree from
Washington University School of
Law, where she was an Olin Fellow
in Law and an Associate Editor of
the law review.