Rachel McElroy is a Board Certified Coach (BCC), former special education teacher, and the founder of Align & Empower Coaching. With over a decade of experience working alongside children, adolescents, and families, Rachel brings a deep understanding of emotional development, learning differences, and the complex pressures today’s girls face.

After years in public education, Rachel felt called to do the work she had long envisioned — helping girls build the inner skills that determine not only academic success, but lifelong confidence and well-being.

Her coaching is grounded in emotional intelligence, personal agency, and skills-based growth. Rachel partners with girls and their families to strengthen self-awareness, emotional regulation, resilience, and intentional decision-making. She believes growth happens not through pressure or perfection, but through alignment — when young women develop clarity about who they are, understand the choices available to them, and expand their capacity to act with confidence and agency.

Rachel holds a Master’s degree in Communication, maintains an active Virginia teaching license in Special Education, and is passionate about helping girls blossom from within — building the clarity, confidence, and capability they need to thrive.