Welcome to Rebekah D. Mason 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.
Honored Nominee, 2025 Extraordinary Latina Awards, Empowering Latina
Mexodus creator Nygel D. Robinson, me, and my partner.
Mexodus creator Brian Quijada, me, and my partner.
Created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, and directed by David Mendizábal, this live-looping hip-hop musical takes audiences on an untold journey of the Underground Railroad heading south to Mexico—but with sick beats.
Have you ever been utterly transformed in one 100 minute sitting? Have you ever looked across a room at a perfect stranger and somehow seen yourself in their story? Ever walked into a room filled with hundreds of strangers and left as a part of a community? Have you ever experienced something so beautiful, that you were left connected, in solidarity, with all of humanity, suddenly aware that the air you breathe is a gift from your ancestors?
Imagine walking into a room to discover that you are surrounded by all of your ancestors, hundreds and hundreds of those who came before you and, for better or worse, they bring with them stories which have never been allowed to be spoken aloud, let alone written down. No one ever got the chance to tell these stories on a mountain, they were whispered-secrets, hidden under bushels, in the dark of night. Consider your family and your friends and each of your communities who came before you, all united, as you witness together their wildest impossibilities conjured into life on stage.
Are you ready for this?
Mexodus has reinvigorated my hope for the future! Please do whatever you can to get to NYC before Nov. 1, if you can, to experience this life changing show! Read more of my reflections on the phenomenal live-looped musical, MeXodus. It's the story of approximately 4,000 to 10,000 people who escaped U.S. slavery by running toward freedom via the underground railroad that went south toward Mexico.
Mexodus creator, Brian Quijada and my friends, my partner, and Mexodus creator, Nygel D. Robinson, and me.
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
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.
Upcoming Events
Justice Through Joy Community Conversation
Livestream, November 2025
Latino AI Summit
Virtual, January 26, 2026
Moving Beyond Algorithmic Biases Toward Liberation, Resistance, Collective Healing, and Joy with Rebekah D. Mason
This interactive workshop explores how AI—when reclaimed and reimagined—can serve as a tool for liberation, not surveillance. I'll bring my lived and professional experience to unpack algorithmic bias and the erasure of and communities within tech and law.
Stay Connected
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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)