Rachel Lavin – Pio Playground

After graduating from Brown University with majors in anthropology and Spanish, Rachel Lavin began to explore career options in several cities in the United States.

After this, she ran away to a town called San Miguel de Allende in Mexico that's known for being heavily populated by artists and American retirees. It was there that she learned metalsmithing; she'll never forget the first moment she melted a small piece of wire into a perfectly round ball - the moment that she knew jewelry-making was the ideal outlet for her obsessive nature and her need to constantly create. Rachel currently lives in Austin, Texas.