About Me

Rachelle's journey with poetry all started with a slam her friend entered her in, Tunbridge Well's Word Up!, in 2016 wherein she performed and won. Since then she has graced stages in Brighton, London, Nottingham and Barcelona headlining shows such as Hammer and Tongue, Cellar Door BCN, Speech Therapy, Hockley Hustle, and Duende Sessions. Her work has been published in magazines For Women Who Roar, the PoENtry Slam collections, Nottingham's Word Walk zines, and GOB's Full Moon & Earth showcase zines. 

She is an active member of Nottingham's poetry scene, being a second generation GOBS Collective member and completing two cohort masterclass courses with them culminating in two showcases, the first at Non Such Studios and the second at Nottingham Playhouse. Her poetry has delighted listeners of BBC Radio Nottingham. One of her biggest achievements to date is having won PoENtry Slam's year-long poetry tournament in Barcelona ending in 2020. 

Now having had a lot of experience in the art of spoken word Rachelle has decided to pass the baton of inspiration by running spoken word workshops for organisers such as Sugar Stealers and Young Creative Awards Nottingham. She has experience mentoring both adults and kids.

As a journalist Rachelle has written for various publications including VICE, Brighton & Hove Independent, and Culture24. She completed her NCTJ Diploma course with Brighton Journalist Works in 2018 achieving an A* grade in Media Law and her portfolio. You can see her journalistic writing extensively if you visit rachellerfoster.journoportfolio.com.

Rachelle is also an English as a Foreign Language Teacher. She is TrinityCertTESOL certified having completed her TEFL course with TEFLIberia at the end of 2018. For the duration of 2019 she worked full-time at What's Up! Living English academy based at their Badalona site and she has also taught refugees preparing for their IELTS exams with Nottingham Trent University's STAR (Students in Action for Refugees) programme. In 2024, Rachelle received a First Class BA (hons) degree course in English Literature and TESOL at Nottingham Trent University and she is currently working as a part-time Online English Teacher for British Council