Rachelle Bensoussan holds a master's degree in Thanatology and has spent the last fifteen years building community-based bereavement programs across Southern Ontario. She is a former faculty member at both McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and King's University College. Rachelle is a two-time nominee for the Association of Death Education and Counselling's Clinical Educator Award and Community Educator Award. Rachelle is a Queer-identified woman of North-African & Middle Eastern descent.