Rebecca Fong (1974) graduated early from Edison to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz where she earned a BS in Biology-Chemistry followed by a BA in Russian Area Studies a year later. In 1989 she received a MA in International Policy Studies and an MA in Russian Language & Literature in Monterey, California, followed by an MS in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University in 2019. Since 2003 Rebecca has worked as a Political Officer for the U.S. Department of State in numerous Embassies including Bahrain, Iraq, France, Syria, Afghanistan, Greece and Turkey. She currently is in Istanbul, Turkey overseeing $70 million in U.S. stabilization programs for Syria to defeat the return of ISIS.
