Rachel Freeman

Program and Communications Coordinator

Born and raised in Astoria, Oregon, Rachel grew up with an interest in fisheries and a passion for teaching. She graduated from Oregon State University in 2019 with a BS in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences and a Minor in Spanish. Her favorite college experiences were studying Spanish in Queretaro, Mexico, and later Conservation Biology and Coral Reef Ecology in Townsville, Australia. After graduating, Rachel spent seven seasons working on multiple ODFW field projects researching salmon and steelhead on the North Oregon Coast.

After two years working as our Environmental Education Coordinator in a shared position with Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, Rachel Freeman now works as WEBS' full time Program and Communications Coordinator.

When she isn’t beachcombing in Oceanside, Rachel is investing in her business, Saddle Mountain Beadwork. Using just a needle and thread, she weaves hundreds of tiny glass seed beads into earrings shaped like sea stars, patterned like cutthroat trout, and inspired by the ocean.