Health Disparities Fellow

Rebecca Propst joined the HeLP team as the Health Disparities Fellow, under a grant from the Georgia Department of Community Health, Office of Health Improvement.  Rebecca is stationed full-time at Children's at Hughes Spalding Hospital in downtown Atlanta, where she provides legal assistance to patients and families in an effort to address the socio-economic factors that underlie health disparities for low-income and minority children.

Rebecca received her B.A. in Broadcast/Cable Communications from The Pennsylvania State University, and completed her coursework for a Minor in Spanish at La Universidad de Salamanca in Spain.  She worked for several years in film and television production both in Portland, OR and Los Angeles, CA, before pursuing her law degree.  Rebecca received her J.D. from the Georgia State University College of Law, graduating with distinction in the Pro Bono Recognition Program.  During law school, Rebecca served as a law clerk at the global humanitarian aid and development organization CARE USA, where she further developed her interest in legal empowerment of the poor.  Rebecca was admitted to the practice of law in June 2008.  She has been a registered neutral and mediator in Georgia since 2006, and has successfully mediated hundreds of housing disputes in Fulton County Landlord/Tenant Court.