Background
Rebekah A. Frimpong, MPH
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Rebekah Frimpong is a mother, and a Ghanaian-American who is an award winning filmmaker and published poet. Rebekah spends her spare time as a mentor to youth and as a community activist fighting for women's rights and global health issues. Rebekah grew up with a great appreciation for the arts thanks to the exposure her mother provided her at an early age. In her youth, she studied tap dance, ballet, and was a saxophonist in jazz orchestra. It was this exposure to the arts and her experimentation with painting, crafts, and poetry that led to her developing a passion for the arts. Rebekah received a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology (Pre-Med) with a Life Science Concentration degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and is a Masters of Public Health (MPH) candidate at Capella University. Rebekah completed the Producer and Production certification program and linear video editing training at the Fairfax Public Access channel. Rebekah has facilitated and created mentoring projects and successful educational programs in Philadelphia, New York, and in a few African countries. Rebekah has been awarded for her academic achievements, community service and work as an artist the African Youth Excellence Award in 2015, in 2012 the Friends of Kenya award, The Miss Africa USA Humanitarian Award in 2010, in 2006 the Bill Clinton and Hilary Clinton Innovation Grant, in 2004 the VCU Leadership grant, and in 2001 the Stephanie Tenet award.
With her college friends Vinita Acklin, Nicolle Miller, and Jonathan Lee in 2007 she co-founded a non-profit organization named RWUL (Reelworldwide Underground Link). RWUL is a non-profit organization that uses the art form of film and digital media as an outreach tool in the community to educate people about cross cultural awareness. She has served as film festival producer/curator hosting for RWUL producing three successful film festivals, organizing over 20+ public film screenings, and teaching film workshops in Africa and the US. BGNB (Black Girl Named Becky) Productions is a creative think tank, Rebekah started in 2006 as an outlet to network with other artists on creative projects.
From 2008 to 2014 Rebekah has produced five short films and a web series under BGNB productions. As a filmmaker Rebekah's film work is mostly documentary but she does enjoy creating both in narrative and documentary films. Rebekah’s work as director and writer with her most acclaimed documentary film Vanishing Seeds-Haiti, filmed in Haiti about soil degradation with tree planting programs in association with Trees for the Future in 2010, the film was featured as a video installation in the art exhibition Re-Imaging Haiti at the Museum for Contemporary African Diasporian Art (MoCADA) in Brooklyn, New York. Rebekah is currently working on a feature documentary film called ADOWA that is fiscally sponsored by Dance Films Association and Fractured Atlas. In December 2014, Rebekah self-published her first book of original poetry and photography. For over 15 years Rebekah has worked embracing both the sciences and the arts, and continues to engage in community outreach work in underserved communities worldwide.
After the passing of her mother in 2008, as a facilitator and committed community activist, Rebekah started the MaMa Africa Program in 2010 in memory of her late mother to help expectant mothers in need in various countries in Africa as well as to help create a dialogue around reforming maternal healthcare worldwide.
From 2008 to 2014 Rebekah has produced five short films and a web series under BGNB productions. As a filmmaker Rebekah's film work is mostly documentary but she does enjoy creating both in narrative and documentary films. Rebekah’s work as director and writer with her most acclaimed documentary film Vanishing Seeds-Haiti, filmed in Haiti about soil degradation with tree planting programs in association with Trees for the Future in 2010, the film was featured as a video installation in the art exhibition Re-Imaging Haiti at the Museum for Contemporary African Diasporian Art (MoCADA) in Brooklyn, New York. Rebekah is currently working on a feature documentary film called ADOWA that is fiscally sponsored by Dance Films Association and Fractured Atlas. In December 2014, Rebekah self-published her first book of original poetry and photography. For over 15 years Rebekah has worked embracing both the sciences and the arts, and continues to engage in community outreach work in underserved communities worldwide. 
After the passing of her mother in 2008, as a facilitator and committed community activist, Rebekah started the MaMa Africa Program in 2010 in memory of her late mother to help expectant mothers in need in various countries in Africa as well as to help create a dialogue around reforming maternal healthcare worldwide.