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About Rebecca Rivera

Family & Early Life

Rebecca (Becky as everyone calls her) grew up in a close-knit family where love, loyalty, resilience, and responsibility shaped much of her early life. As the oldest child, she naturally stepped into the role many oldest daughters know well—the observer, the protector, the one trying to make sense of emotions and experiences unfolding around her. That perspective would later influence not only the way she understood relationships, but also the way she tells stories.

From an early age, Rebecca was drawn to the emotional complexity of people: the things left unsaid, the hidden fears people carry, the ways families protect one another, and the difficult realities that can exist beneath outward appearances. Those experiences deeply shaped her voice as both a therapist and writer.

Her writing reflects a lifelong fascination with human behavior, emotional survival, memory, trust, and the complicated ways people navigate love, fear, loyalty, and uncertainty.

A little more about Becky

Professional Background

Today, Becky is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, entrepreneur, speaker, and author with nearly two decades of experience working in behavioral health, trauma, relationships, and psychological wellness. She is the former owner of a successful behavioral health practice in Las Vegas, where she led multidisciplinary teams and provided therapeutic services to individuals, couples, and families.

Throughout her career, Becky has specialized in trauma-informed care, relationship dynamics, emotional abuse, grief, and complex interpersonal experiences. Her professional work has included therapy, leadership development, immigration evaluations, clinical supervision, and mental health advocacy.

Her background as a therapist heavily influences her writing style. In What We Shared in Silence, Becky combines psychological insight with emotionally immersive storytelling, creating a narrative nonfiction experience that feels both deeply personal and intensely suspenseful.

Through both her clinical work and writing, Becky is passionate about helping people feel seen, understood, and less alone in the complexity of their experiences.

About the book: What We Shared in Silence

What We Shared in Silence is the first installment in a three-book narrative nonfiction series that explores the unraveling of truth, identity, trust, and emotional survival through interconnected perspectives. Written with the intensity of a psychological thriller and grounded in real-life experiences, the series invites readers into a world where relationships are layered, memories are complicated, and certainty is always just out of reach. Book One introduces the emotional foundation of the story, pulling readers into an atmosphere of devotion, fear, secrecy, and unanswered questions that continue to deepen throughout the series.

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