2022-2023 Americorps VISTA, Rachael Chromec

Rachael Chromec is the Outreach Americorps VISTA for 2022-2023.

Rachael grew up in rural Vermont where the traditional family farms and small businesses that used to pocket the landscape have mostly closed due to rural America's struggle to survive the modern economic landscape.

She attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio for 2 years before heading west to Montana to volunteer with the Buffalo field campaign. There she helped with their efforts to create permanent year-round protection for America's last wild herd of buffalo.

Since her work with the BFC Rachael has lived in Chicago, Ohio, Vermont, and Colorado before returning to Yellow Springs to settle. She has worked in several small businesses in Yellow Springs and has watched with concern as the people who work in our village increasingly cannot to afford to live here.

As support staff for Remax/alliance in the foothills of Boulder county, Colorado, Rachael saw first hand the struggles that rising housing prices and gentrification cause for the working class. Her work representing Quicken Loans as a customer service representative at Assurant in Springfield, Ohio has given her an intimate look at the housing inequity crisis happening all over America and has opened her eyes to the severe lack of help available for those struggling with home ownership.
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 Rachael believes affordable housing should be accessible to everyone no matter their economic class . She is excited to be a part of Yellow Springs Home, Inc's efforts to provide guidance to and create affordable housing for local residents who otherwise would be priced out of their community. She previously served as the Yellow Springs Home, Inc. 2021-2022 Stewardship AmeriCorps VISTA, and is grateful to be currently serving in her new capacity as the 2022-2023 Outreach Americorps VISTA.
Thanks to the Ohio CDC Association, Home, Inc. is able to benefit from the AmeriCorps VISTA program. VISTAs are full-time volunteers who pledge a year of service to help build capacity for mission growth at nonprofits who are working to alleviate poverty in America. In exchange for their service, VISTAs receive hands-on nonprofit experience, a monthly stipend, and benefits.

Previous YS Home, Inc. AmeriCorps VISTAs include: Eric Pitcher, Kim Novak, Ellie Ferguson, Cait Bothwell, Adam Abraham, Eleanor Gaston, Kineta Sanford, Ashlee Hudson, Erin Brown
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Thank you to the Ohio CDC Association for their generous support, allowing YS Home, Inc. to participate in the AmeriCorps VISTA program!