Driven 2 Educate

Originally studying to work in academia, Rachel Gogos took a somewhat winding career path through life. Starting her career at United Nations headquarters in NYC and turning into a serial-entrepreneur and brand strategist, she felt some angst with every new transition. This experience inspired her to help students better understand themselves at a younger age in life. Today, Rachel is the owner of brandiD, where she channels over 20 years of marketing and communication's experience into each and every one of brandiD's clients. She is a true Internet pioneer who was creating business on the web before Google was established as a commercial entity in 1998, and long before the phrase "personal branding" became an industry buzzword. Rachel's held positons at The Wall Street Journal, DowJones.com as well as launched three companies (besides brandiD) of her own. Her entrepreneurial spirit started young: the product of Greek immigrants and Buffalo-based entrepreneurs, Rachel literally grew up in the restaurant busin