Welcome to Rebekah D. Mason Barrera Creates. I believe in community storytelling, equity and justice, and joy as resistance.
Voice Actor Performer Cycle Breaker Community Storyteller Body Liberation Later in Life Queer Family Joy Advocate Attorney Writer Playwright
Welcome, I'm Rebekah D. Mason
I’m a Chicana storyteller, a lovingly partnered performer, and late-blooming queer writer. later-in-life queer. I write from the body—fat, disabled, and in eating disorder recovery.
My work spans advocacy, policy, theater and narrative justice. My work lives at the intersections of identity, advocacy, and imagination. I’ve been a legal aid lawyer, a veterans advocate, policy advisor and story teller for justice. I've supported unaccompanied undocumented children, older adults and veterans.
Upcoming Events
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Latino AI Summit
Virtual, Thu, Jan 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM EST
Cosmic Justice: AI + Soul for Community Healing
Jessica Barrera Sorley and Rebekah D. Mason Barrera
AI has the power to be more than a technical tool. It can become a vehicle for healing, belonging, and collective joy when it is guided by culturally rooted wisdom. In this session, we explore new ways of creating with technology that honors the spirit of our communities. Jessica will share the intuitive and energetic framework behind Cosmic Companion. Rebekah will introduce Justice Through Joy and her model for community transformation. Together, we will demonstrate how Latine creators can build AI and use AI to support and grow community which reflects identity, protects humanity, and supports healing rather than harm.
Attendees will walk away with a clear sense of what soul centered design can look like in practice and how it can shape the future of AI in our communities.
Creative and Community Building Work
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Plays, performances, stories and essays that explore identity, intergenerational trauma, memory, and belonging.
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Founded Justice Through Joy to uplift the stories of women of color and gender-queer people of color who engage in and around the U.S. legal system.
Law, Advocacy, and Policy
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Aging with dignity, direct care workforce reform, and long-term care reform
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connected communities and livable communities
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health equity and especially equitable access to health care for all
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decolonizing the U.S. healthcare system for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
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veteran benefits and advocacy
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transit equity and utility regulation reform
Honored Nominee, 2025 Extraordinary Latina Awards, Empowering Latina
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My Latest Writings
On Identity, creating art in times of conflict, reclaiming my voice, and healing from trauma, and queer love. (August 2025)
Reflections on identity, the ripping away of our rights, the Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem and Black and Brown solidarity. (October 2025)
On disenfranchisement, memory and belonging, cotton and fruit picking, poll taxes, resilience, and narrative justice. (May 2025)
