Rachel Weisenthal is a writer, reader, and recovering theater kid currently based in Montgomery County, Maryland. She has experience writing things for this blog that you read in your head, as well as things that she reads onstage in front of an audience in the hopes that people will laugh at her various humiliating experiences and make all the embarrassment worth it. Rachel graduated from Muhlenberg College with a BA in English and a Minor in Italian Studies. She tries very hard not to start every sentence with “This one time, when I was studying abroad in Italy,” but honestly it’s a losing battle. If you would like to hire Rachel or let her regale you with a story from her semester abroad, you can contact her at rachel.weisenthal@gmail.com.