Welcome, I'm Rebekah D. Mason Barrera
About Rebekah
Black Lives Matter. Equitable access to healthcare, housing, dignity, and liberation are worthy and necessary goals we should all work toward. I continue unlearning and revealing the lies of white supremacy, fatphobia, ableism, and diet culture.
Creative Influences
I draw inspiration from The Tectonic Theater Project, Teatro Campesino, Theatre of the Oppressed, The Group Theatre, and other artists like Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen, Mary Kathryn Nagle, David Mendizábal, Octavio Solis, Brian Quijada, and Nygel D. Robinson.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and Theatre
University of Houston
Juris Doctor
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Storyteller &
Performer
I'm a playwright and performer who believes community storytelling is the path toward joyful resistance and liberation. I write radical art that uplifts marginalized stories and invites collective liberation. My plays include *Always Waiting for Rebe*, *They Don't Leave Veterans Behind, Do They?*, and *(Always) Waiting for Rebe*. I founded Justice Through Joy as a labor of love to center the voices of women of color and gender-queer people of color navigating the broken U.S. legal system.
Legal Advocate
As an AARP Government Affairs Director, I advance reform for affordable, quality long-term care — especially for Puerto Ricans and residents of U.S. territories who are denied equal Medicaid access. I've fought for justice alongside low-income communities, undocumented children, veterans, and older adults for more than 22 years. I've launched two legal veteran advocacy projects: one in Texas and another in Washington, D.C. This country continues to abandon those whom it owes for its riches. Yet, I still fight to honor the debt our ancestors paid for us. I will keep using the law and doing that good-trouble work we are all called to, as I work toward justice and equity.
Cycle Breaker
I'm a proud Mexican American from Texas City, Texas, now living in Baltimore, Maryland with my wife, our three cats, and two dogs. We share a joyful, love-filled, and wonderfully chaotic home. I was raised Catholic and fully embraced my queer identity at 41. My journey includes healing from trauma and liberation from systems of oppression. I am an endometrial cancer survivor and in recovery from binge eating disorder. I'm still becoming.