Rachel McMillan

Team Member

Rachel was born on September 3rd, 1976 in Vancouver and raised in North Delta, which is about a forty-five minute drive south of Vancouver. She graduated high school from North Delta Senior Secondary in 1994. During her high school days she managed a couple of European tours - one with her parents to England and Scotland and the other with her school to France, Germany and Austria. After high school, she went to Simon Fraser University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts doing a joint major in Sociology and Anthropology.

Once Rachel graduated from university she found she had a desire to do more traveling. During 2001-2002 she backpacked her way around New Zealand and Australia solo. After the fantastic life experience and adventure she worked to save up for another trip. In 2003-2004 she traveled around Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos for three and half months, thoroughly enjoying the cultural experience and meeting new people.

Rachel has enjoyed sports her whole life with a focus on swimming since she was a child. While at Simon Fraser she was a member of the water polo club and since then has taken up running, focusing more on long distances. To date she has completed two half- marathons and hopes to complete a full marathon in the near future. Rachel has taken part in volunteer work with the Vancouver Police Victim Services where she helped people who were victims of crime. She is also a past member of Vancouver’s Critical Incident Stress Management Team, which helps people cope with traumatic situations that happen at work.

Rachel’s career path has been in recreation mainly focusing on aquatics. She began working at a water park and since then has worked for private companies, the Corporation of Delta and the City of Vancouver. She holds many awards, which give her substantial first aid and teaching knowledge. Rachel has many years of experience teaching all ages, from 4 months to seniors as well as advanced courses in life guarding. Her supervisor role allows her to take on more challenges with scheduling, creating new programs and mentoring people in the field of aquatics and recreation.