Rebecca Halperin provides subject matter expertise on the topics of infants and toddlers as well as data literacy. She provides support to the Policy & Leadership’s coalition work through Raising Illinois and other projects. Halperin is a current doctoral student at Erikson Institute and Loyola University Chicago. Early on in her career, she developed a passion for early childhood advocacy and policy and has worked in the early childhood field for over 2 decades. She also teaches adjunct in the Infant and Toddler Specialist Certificate Program at Erikson Institute. Additionally, she has a background in early childhood systems and collaboration work. She holds her B.A. in sociology with a minor in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her M.S. in Early Childhood Development with Specializations in Infancy and Administration from Erikson Institute.