Rachel Watts

Rachel Watts
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Rachel Watts

Rachel Watts, Executive Director at ArtsConnection, oversees all aspects of an almost 45-year-old organization dedicated to providing and advocating for meaningful and equitable arts programming for young people. She has held several leadership positions, including Director of Education at Ballet Hispanico and Director of The MYC Youth Center in San Rafael California, where she created a state-of-the-art facility focused on developing teen leadership skills through the arts and technology. She is an adjunct professor at the New School and earned a Bachelor’s from Williams College and a Master’s in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, with a concentration in Museum Studies, from New York University.