Rebecca graduated from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2022, where she focused on social justice. While in law school, Rebecca interned at the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, ACLU of Louisiana, Citizen SHE, Voice of the Experienced, the Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and the Innocence Project New Orleans. She also volunteered with the Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana’s Reentry Clinic. During her final year of law school, Rebecca served as a student practitioner with Loyola’s Youth Justice Clinic, focusing on special education law and juvenile defense.

Prior to law school, Rebecca worked as a Staff Assistant for a former U.S. Senator, and as a Political Coordinator for a candidate in the 2019 Kansas City Mayor’s Race. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Rebecca is an attorney licensed to practice in the District of Columbia. Rebecca can be reached at: rdesta@sjpdc.org.