Rachael Sanowski grew up on Lake St. Clair in Harrison Township, Michigan. She studied English and German at the University of Michigan. She also studied abroad at the Albert-Ludwi...view moreRachael Sanowski grew up on Lake St. Clair in Harrison Township, Michigan. She studied English and German at the University of Michigan. She also studied abroad at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, Germany, where she fell in love with a German and eventually married him. After two lovely years in Frei-burg-Opfingen, she and Christoph headed to Detroit, Michigan around the time of the 2000 census, when African Americans comprised 85% of the city population and whites comprised 70% of the surrounding suburban population. Early in the new millennium, they bought a house in southwest Detroit, where they still re-side with their three children. They attend Mosaic Midtown Church.
The Detroit streets have been Rachael's beat for over 15 years. She taught three years of high school English and German and then returned to school to earn her Master of Education in Counseling at Wayne State University. She has worked as a licensed counselor at Covenant Community Care Clinic since 2008. She loves journeying with people in grief and worship and welcoming people into safe and revolutionary spaces.view less