Rachel Eden Baumann (she/her) is an emerging poet, writer, and magazine editor, who lives in the Deep Cove area of North Vancouver on the beautiful and unceded territory of the Tsleil Waututh Nation. Her education began in North Vancouver and continued across Burrard Inlet to Simon Fraser University on top of Burnaby Mountain. She studied English, Humanities, and Communications at SFU in the 2000s.
Since 2021, she has worked in a variety of roles for The Wild Bird Trust of BC, an Indigenous-led conservation non-profit that protects wild birds and restores the land in and around Maplewood Flats and Burrard Inlet. She and the team also publish Wingspan Magazine: The Voice for Birding, Conservation, and Reconciliation. Since 2024, she has been a regular contributor to Wingspan, and since 2026, she has been the editorial assistant of the magazine, as well as a regular contributor. She is currently at work on two upcoming projects, one work of ecopoetry which is land and nature based, and the other about the design and impact of technology on mental health.