Rachel Matthews

About Rachel Matthews

Rachel Matthews is a health facility planner and architect. Her passion for healthcare design is driven by personal experience in health facilities and her innate desire to serve patients, their families and clinical staff. Rachel holds a firm belief that some of the most life-changing moments happen in environments where healthcare is delivered and this propels her to provide personal service to her clients and teammates.In 2019, Rachel was awarded the Next Generation Scholarship by the American Academy of Architecture for Health. She has also has a certification as a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt with emphasis in healthcare design. Previously, Rachel represented her peers in Denver on a corporate level within HKS, and enjoys offering insight to students and emerging professionals in the industry. She also served as a board member for Women in Healthcare Denver, and a member of the AIA Colorado Academy of Architecture for Health.For fun you will find Rachel hand crafting a new project, reading, spending time with her husband, son, daughter and pup, watching football and organizing anything in disarray.which is a lot with two little people to care for!Clifton Strengths | woo. positivity. activator. communicator. arrangerMyers Briggs | ENFJ-TEnneagram | 3w2DiSC | i-D

Experience

1. Healthcare Planner

   Childers Architect

   Jan 2024 — Present

Education

• Clemson University

  Master of Architecture (M.Arch.), Architecture + Health

  2015 — 2017

• Texas A&M University

  Bachelor's degree, Environmental Design/Architecture

  2010 — 2014