Rebecca grew up in The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, England, UK. She received one of the most recognizable Childcare qualifications in the world, the National Nursery Examining Board  (The qualification has since been renamed CACHE level 3. ), at East Berkshire College, England, UK. The qualification gives students hands on experience in addition to the academic curriculum which covers the physical, educational, social, emotional and intellectual needs of different ages. Other areas of study include health and hygiene, play, and first aid.

After achieving her qualifications, Rebecca worked in a number of different childcare settings with children between the ages of 6 weeks and 8 years. She quickly advanced from Nursery Nurse to Officer in Charge (Manager). By the age of 23 she had become the youngest Childcare Manager in the United Kingdom for a national childcare chain.

Rebecca stopped working in a childcare setting in 2001 when her husband’s job took them  to Brazil for four years. Whilst living in Brazil, they had two daughters, now ages five and six.

Since leaving Brazil, the family has lived in Europe and the United States, having settled in Seattle.