Rachel Smithers ’21
ASUW Director of Diversity Efforts
Rachel Smithers advocates for and empowers her fellow students by building relationships to create change at the University of Washington. As director of diversity efforts for the Associated Students of the UW (ASUW), Rachel is working to improve the UW’s diversity credit requirement and make student government more accessible and equitable. In honoring the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the University salutes
Rachel’s commitment to excellence, diversity, equity and inclusion.
“I want to see diverse communities not only involved in conversations about change, but also actively centered to make those decisions”