Rachel Brooks is a technical editor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory primarily assisting the Radioisotope Science and Technology Division, Radioisotope Processing Facility, and Energy Science and Technology Directorate. She graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with her master’s degree in English rhetoric, writing, and linguistics. She also holds undergraduate degrees in English literature and chemistry from Lipscomb University. She volunteers as the publications manager for the International Journal of Nuclear Security and is passionate about helping scientists communicate about their research.