Rebecca was part of the team winning the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize and holds Special Consulting Status at the United Nations with her nonprofit, PEAC Institute, of which she is the Founding Partner and Board President.   Rebecca joined New Detroit on December 1, 2021, after spending the last 16 years in the education sector.

Rebecca is an educator and activist who opens spaces of peace and cross-cultural communication around the world through education, art, and storytelling. Her work encompasses the creation of experiential learning in social skills, diversity, cultural awareness, and communication training for marginalized youth, organizations, institutions, and governmental groups.   She sits on the United Nation's NGO Committee on Financing for Development and is in the Climate Finance Working Group. Most recently, Rebecca was named a Program Advisory for Transformative Leadership at Seton Hall University and a Participant Selection Committee Member of the State Department's Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Program.