rachel is the host of the signing time! series. she has spent much of her adult life working in entertainment. while performing with her band we the living, rachel foun out that her 14-month old daughter, leah, was deaf. rachel’s second daughter, lucy, had fetal surgery (surgery before she was born) for spina bifida and was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy. in spite of such limitations, lucy now communicates with both speech and sign language. after years of musical silence, rachel has picked up that guitar again, writing and performing all of the songs for signing time!. she used to sing for her band. now, she sings for lucy, leah, and children everywhere. in addition to starring in signing time!, rachel is also a popular singer, performer, and speaker, and has performed for hundreds of thousands of children all across the country.