Rebecca is a 2003 Fulbright scholar. She graduated from University of Missouri – Columbia’s School of Journalism in 2003, where she reported and edited for “Adelante”, mid-Missouri’s bilingual newspaper, for two years. There she covered the immigrant population’s struggles to integrate into non-Spanish speaking communities, including Latina women’s health. Rebecca also worked as National Geographic’s writing intern in Washington, DC. She currently lives in St. Louis, working on other documentary projects and freelance writing.