Meet Our Team

Rachel Schwab is an experienced coach, facilitator, and program manager with more than a decade of experience supporting high-risk, marginalized, and justice-involved youth through trauma-informed coaching, group facilitation, and experiential learning.

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As Manager of the PACT LifePlan Coaching Program, Rachel trains, mentors, and supports a team of coaches through reflective supervision and ongoing professional development. She designs trauma-informed group coaching curriculum, works closely with justice system and community partners, and supports the delivery of ethical, high-quality coaching for youth navigating complex circumstances.​​ In 2022, Rachel supported the launch of PACT LifePlan Coaching in Nassau, Bahamas, and developed PACT’s early-prevention group programming for middle school students in high-needs school communities in Toronto.

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Rachel’s professional development spans:

• Trauma-informed practice

• Mindfulness facilitation

• Youth development

• Neuroscience-informed coaching

• Artful approaches to facilitation

 

Her facilitation approach is grounded in professional coaching competencies, lived experience, and reflective practice. She integrates trauma-informed and mindfulness-based practices to help coaches deepen their presence, cultivate trust and psychological safety, and translate coaching competencies into effective, real-world practice with complex youth populations.

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Beyond her work with PACT, Rachel held several roles spanning communications, publishing and community development. She has developed entrepreneur programming for marginalized communities, and led coaching, mindfulness and professional development programs for women. ​​​