{"formatVersion":"1.1","id":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/rachel-shapiro","path":"/people/rachel-shapiro","url":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/rachel-shapiro","title":"Rachel Shapiro, M.Sc.","family":"People profile","description":"Rachel Shapiro is a writer and editor with a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh.","language":"en-US","access":{"audience":"public","indexable":true},"provenance":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/rachel-shapiro","wordpressId":"9857","contentCompleteness":"complete","dateScope":"original-source"},"authors":[],"dates":{"datePublished":"2025-01-08T04:20:51Z","dateModified":"2025-10-11T03:20:56Z"},"content":{"html":"<nav class=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/\">Home</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people\">People</a></li><li><span aria-current=\"page\">Rachel Shapiro</span></li></ol></nav><div class=\"people-profile\" data-profile-template=\"person\" data-default-profile-view=\"contributions\"><header class=\"person-header\"><div class=\"person-overview\"><div class=\"person-identity\"><h1>Rachel Shapiro, M.Sc.</h1><p class=\"person-role\">Writer</p><p class=\"person-credentials\"><span class=\"person-credential-group\" data-credential-kind=\"degrees\">M.Sc.</span></p></div></div><img class=\"person-avatar\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/9a3a363351449eed13f8d18e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" decoding=\"async\"></header><p class=\"person-summary\">Rachel Shapiro is a writer and editor with a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh.</p><nav class=\"person-nav person-actions\" aria-label=\"Person profile\" role=\"tablist\"><a id=\"tab-about\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/rachel-shapiro#about\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"about\" aria-selected=\"true\">About</a><a id=\"tab-contributions\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/people/rachel-shapiro#contributions\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"contributions\" aria-selected=\"false\">Contributions</a></nav><div class=\"person-body\"><div class=\"person-content\"><div class=\"person-main\"><section id=\"about\" class=\"person-panel person-view\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-about\" tabindex=\"0\"><p>Rachel Shapiro is a writer and editor with a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. 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