Rebel's work over the past 15 years has focused primarily on racial and disability justice, transgender rights, and interpersonal violence prevention and advocacy. They have an undergraduate degree in Nonprofit Administration from UMass Amherst. Rebel has worked in both formal and informal capacities in the community to advocate for social change. They helped cross-class nonprofit cafe Sisters Of The Road transition to collective management in 2012-2015. In 2017, Rebel was invited to be part of the Northwest Health Foundation’s Disability Justice Leaders Collaborative. This convening of 14 people of color with disabilities built community and made recommendations to organizations wishing to support civic engagement by disabled people in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

In 2019, they founded the Portland Disability Justice Collective, a BIPOC-led gathering space for disabled people to build community and learn/practice principles of Disability Justice and mutual aid. Rebel is a multiracial, queer, agender femme with multiple disabilities. They live in NE Portland with their spouse, two cats, and a dog. In their personal life, Rebel is committed to providing housing and other supports for low income queer people facing housing insecurity and other systemic threats. They are also interested in increasing connectedness among disabled activists and finding sustainable pathways to social change.