Black and white portrait of a young woman with curly hair, smiling, wearing a dark long-sleeve top and jewelry, resting her chin on her hand with a reflective surface in front of her.

Rebecca Beckas is a third-year student at Syracuse University in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications studying Visual Communications on the Photojournalism and Editorial track.

Having started photography in 2024, Rebecca combined her experience in journalism, as well as her passion for the arts and creativity to pursue photojournalism. After spending a year volunteering with AmeriCorps NCCC, Rebecca found appreciation and importance of telling the unique and invaluable stories of those she met in communities beyond her own.