Rachel Music is the Chief Creative Officer of a Bushwick-based interdisciplinary studio called Schadenfrau, who has made a career in utilizing professional experiences to enhance her artistic life.

After graduating from NYU’s Tisch Drama Program, she worked odd jobs such as a dog groomer’s assistant, dominatrix, nanny, and eventually as an executive assistant, which is where her hard work was recognized in an unexpected way.

“I became close with my last boss, the CEO of Group SJR. He gave me a lot of creative assignments when I showed myself a strong writer and we got to talking about my projects,” Music shared. “One day I left the pilot script I was working on in his office, and a month later he called me in, tapped the script and just said, ‘What the fuck are you doing here? This is good.’”