Originally from Toronto, Canada, Rebecca spent time learning Israel at Midreshet Lindenbaum and MATAN, where she also served as the Rosh Beit Midrash for MATAN's overseas summer program for women. She recently spent a year learning at Stern's Graduate program for Advanced Talmudic Studies. Rebecca has taught Tanach and Gemara at various elementary and high schools in both Toronto and New York and enjoys lecturing and giving classes whenever given the opportunity. Rebecca holds a Bsc. in Psychology and an MA in Neuropsychology both from York Univeristy, Toronto and is currently working as an assistant neuropsychologist at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine.