Rebekah (she/her) is a sixteen-year-old who is passionate about finding joy and spreading hope. Rebekah is a field hockey player, singer, and regularly graces the stage in school and community musical productions. She is an honors student who loves to learn and especially enjoys reading and writing. Rebekah published her first Op-Ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2019 and co-authored her first book, A Kids Book About Being Inclusive, in June 2021.
Rebekah’s journey into public advocacy began at 10-years-old when a picture of her holding a sign went viral. With her cute pink pigtails, Rebekah made a bold statement that transgender people aren’t scary at all. They’re just like other people. At 11-years-old, Rebekah spoke at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s Youth Gathering where she told her story and brought 32,000 people to their feet! She is the star of her very own Marvel comic book, Mighty Rebekah, and she is the focus of an episode of the Disney+ series Marvel’s Hero Project. Rebekah was a finalist for Time magazine and Nickelodeon’s “Kid of the Year” in 2020.
