Becca Heller

Director of Strategy and Senior Research Scholar, The Movement Project

Becca is a human rights lawyer and co-founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP). Since cofounding IRAP while in law school in 2008, Becca has pioneered the field of refugee rights, leading IRAP's crucial response to the Trump Administration's 2017 Muslim Ban and the Afghan human displacement crisis. She has received numerous awards, including a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. In addition to her work with The Movement Project, she currently consults with the Migration opportunity at Open Society Foundations and serves as the senior legal advisor to Nonprofits Together.

Contact Information:

Email: rebecca.heller@yale.edu