Rachel Thomas
Rehabilitation Technician I
Rachel hails from Boalsburg, PA. She graduated from Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania with a degree in Environmental Science. During the summer following her junior year she completed an internship at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. It was during her experience there that she discovered her passion for sea turtles and their conservation. That was also when she discovered the newly opened Georgia Sea Turtle Center. After graduation she completed two husbandry internships and was then hired on as temporary/relief staff. Rachel then made the transition to permanent staff as a Rehabilitation Technician I in September of 2009. Her responsibilities include helping with treatments and running blood samples, as well as in the rehabilitation pavilion maintaining tank systems, preparing diets and helping with all other aspects of animal husbandry.