Rebecca Ruiz is a Features Writer at Mashable covering gender, sexuality and equality. Prior to Mashable, Rebecca was a staff writer, reporter and editor at NBC News Digital; special reports project director at The American Prospect; and staff writer at Forbes. Rebecca has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and a Masters in Journalism form U.C. Berkeley. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer, watching movie trailers, traveling to places where she can't get cell service and hiking with her border collie.