Rebekah was the Salutatorian of the class of 2018 at Hamilton College. They double majored in mathematics and creative writing and were given the school’s highest math award, the Kirkland Prize in Mathematics, as well as the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award, and The Rose B. Tager Prize for short stories. They are a Phi Beta Kappa member and a recipient of the Thomas E. Meehan Prize for creative writing. Rebekah seeks to use intersections and parallels between math and language to help their students better understand both fields. In their free time, they enjoy reading, solving puzzles, playing board games, and pestering their cats. Rebekah attended an international high school in Budapest, Hungary before relocating to the United States for college.