- MSc in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (ISLFS), The University of British Columbia
- B.Sc in Biology and B.A. in Spanish, University of Guelph
Bio
Rebecca completed her Master’s of Science in Public Health in 2021. She currently holds the position of Program Director with Groundswell International. Rebecca’s career focus is to harness the power of collaboration to execute impactful research and projects at the intersection of conservation, sustainable agriculture, health, and advocacy.
Rebecca was previously a National Geographic Explorer who worked in Peru and Canada on projects related to environmental and physical health. She has over 6 years of research and project management experience in health, agriculture, and climate change adaption in Peru and Canada. She has studied human-centered and empathetic design, and collaborated with Indigenous doctors and leaders on work to improve health advocacy in Canada.
Rebecca received both a Young Explorer and Early Career grant from the National Geographic Society. Her previous work looked at how perceptions of health and well-being relate to spiritual beliefs in the Amazon, and what this means for the design of health interventions that are inclusive of all belief systems. Rebecca’s work looked at the relationship between food, gender-norms, and Quechua culture, through community-led photography, in the Peruvian Andes with Mater Iniciativa. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph in Biology and Spanish.
Master’s Thesis
Improving well-being through food sovereignty: a meta-narrative literature review