Rachel Stratton

Clemson University Senior/Student Leader, Dancer, Actress and Content Creator

Talk:  The Power of Finding the "Now" in a World That Has a Playback Button

Learning from her unique experience in the spotlight as both a high school student and current college senior, Rachel knows that social media is one of the many forms of stimulus convincing people they are not doing/creating/being enough. She feels that the more we rely on the media to navigate what "authentic" or "true" looks like, the stronger we distort our reality that was never to be corrected. In her talk, Rachel shares what methods have aided in her self-understanding, provides insight into living an authentic life in an inauthentic world – and provides a unique perspective about how we can change the world by changing ourselves.

About Rachel

Rachel is currently a 20 year old senior at Clemson University. When the 2020 pandemic brought her senior year at Hilton Head Preparatory to a standstill, Rachel took it upon herself to find an outlet for her busy mindset. Battling her solitude, she created unique video content she coined “Day In The Life’s”. Rachel’s content quickly gained traction as the world’s young community had only social media to relate to, with the peak of her following at more than 300k people, after one single video reached nearly 8.5 million views.