Rachel Siegel: Substitute teacher turned millionaire

Back when she was a substitute public school teacher in New York City, Rachel Siegel lived in a dark apartment in the Lower East Side where every window faced a brick wall.

“I remember walking into the room full of cryptocurrency enthusiasts, and I had never been in a room with so many passionate, driven people — and generally people who I didn’t think were about to lose all their money,” she told The Post. 

That’s when Siegel, 29, decided to make her first investment in the currency, putting in whatever she had left over from her paycheck — usually just $25 a week.

I didn’t have anything when I started in cryptocurrency, honestly,” she said. “I was just this substitute teacher with a really big idea.”

Her investments have yielded profits in the low seven-figure range, though Siegel declined to give an exact figure. It was more money than she’s ever had, though not enough to change her spending habits.

“I don’t buy big, flashy things. I’m not one of those people with fancy cars or new Rolexes,” she said.

“It was just the most lavish experience I’ve had in my life,” she said.

And she’s quit her teaching job. “It was scary at first to leave that income stream,” she said. “But there’s so much opportunity in this space.”

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