Rachel Casiano
Open Care Community
44 Court Street, Suite 1000 (10th Floor), Brooklyn, NY, 11201
Originally from Western Maryland, Rachel is a DiaspoRican acupuncturist living in Brooklyn. She has worked nearly a decade as an acupuncturist and 7 years as an herbalist having worked in various community acupuncture clinics including Brooklyn Open Acupuncture and Tigerlily Holistic. She also has experience providing private acupuncture treatments at Bed Stuy Acupuncture and Third Root and private tui-na treatments at Manhattan Sports Acupuncture. Her practice blends Chinese and Japanese acupuncture styles, as well as trigger point release techniques. Rachel also received specific training around hypermobility conditions. Before training in acupuncture, she worked as a health educator and patient navigator in HIV services at a community health clinic, where she also conducted outreach on a mobile testing van. In these roles, she primarily served queer and trans sex workers, as well as transient individuals. This experience deepened her belief that centering the health needs of the most marginalized communities leads to better care for everyone. Rachel’s interest in acupuncture began while volunteering with syringe exchange programs in upper Manhattan and the Bronx. She witnessed how acupuncture was used to detox and address PTSD and stress, particularly among people affected by the opioid epidemic. The history of acupuncture’s radical and collective uses, combined with her personal experiences, inspired her to pursue acupuncture training. She earned her Master of Science in Acupuncture and Classical Chinese Herbal Medicine from Tri-State College of Acupuncture, and her bachelor’s in psychology from Wellesley College. Outside of her acupuncture work, Rachel enjoys birdwatching and supports prisoners in her spare time.
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