Rachel H. Keller
Culinary Arts
Adjunct Culinary Arts Instructor
The Art Institute of Atlanta
Failure is an integral part of life. You will fail; how you react to your failure is a defining moment. Rachel H. Keller , Adjunct Culinary Arts Instructor , The Art Institute of Atlanta
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?
I have always had a creative bent that has lead me on a non-traditional path. I love to cook and to create an environment for sharing friendship, love and good food.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
The foodservice business is not for the faint of heart. It’s filled with many stressors which can make or break a person. I aim to help students appreciate the realities of the industry while learning how to find balance in their lives and how to focus on their creative passions, what fulfills them, so they can succeed and thrive.
How does collaboration contribute to students’ success—particularly when students from various programs work together?
Collaboration helps us to see problems and their solutions from many different viewpoints. It is by sharing our different perspectives that we learn and grow. We all bring unique perspectives, knowledge and insight to problems and working together helps us all to edit, revise and define our own success.
What’s the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Failure is an integral part of life: you will fail; how you react to your failure is a defining moment. Will you learn from your failure and create the necessary change to succeed or let your failure define you as a person?
I have always had a creative bent that has lead me on a non-traditional path. I love to cook and to create an environment for sharing friendship, love and good food.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
The foodservice business is not for the faint of heart. It’s filled with many stressors which can make or break a person. I aim to help students appreciate the realities of the industry while learning how to find balance in their lives and how to focus on their creative passions, what fulfills them, so they can succeed and thrive.
How does collaboration contribute to students’ success—particularly when students from various programs work together?
Collaboration helps us to see problems and their solutions from many different viewpoints. It is by sharing our different perspectives that we learn and grow. We all bring unique perspectives, knowledge and insight to problems and working together helps us all to edit, revise and define our own success.
What’s the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Failure is an integral part of life: you will fail; how you react to your failure is a defining moment. Will you learn from your failure and create the necessary change to succeed or let your failure define you as a person?