Summary: Rachel Brooks Posadas is a freelance writer and author of Chicago Ghosts and Ghosts of Springfield and Southern Illinois. Prior to writing full-time, Rachel previously worked in the Criminal Justice field for several years, first providing case management to Federal Bureau of Prisons’ inmates and then providing pre-release planning services to mentally ill inmates in California’s state correctional system. She has also worked in the field of education teaching Criminal Justice and Sociology courses as an adjunct professor at Chapman University, San Diego, as well as teaching at-risk youth in an alternative education program in Illinois. Rachel earned a Master's degree in Criminal Justice Sciences from Illinois State University in 1997 and a Bachelor's degree in both Psychology and English from Augustana College in 1995.
