Rachelle Sanders

Rachelle Sanders was born and raised in the countryside of northern California. Her father's career as a NASCAR engineer brought the family to the greater wilds of rural North Carolina when Rachelle was in her early twenties. Nearly two decades later she describes herself as a CAL-o-lina girl, that boundless mixture of independent west coast sass and familial southern charm. She is a big Mental Heath advocate, In 1996 Rachelle competed in the Miss North Carolina pageant and finished 3rd runner up with her platform on mental illness. People in the pageant world still talk about her courageous platform and her deadpan 'Edith Ann' impression. Rachelle's mission to change the face of mental illness, create a dialogue for understanding, teach those who suffer how to care for themselves, and find humor in all the madness continues to this day. Married and raising two small children, she admits to works out religiously so she can eat her kid's candy and excepts any and all acting bits to which she claims is the only rationale she has for putting on make-up and wearing something other than exercise clothes.