Representative Rebecca Himschoot is a nonpartisan member of the Alaska State House of Representatives for District 2, representing 21 coastal communities from Yakutat to Hydaburg. A retired elementary school teacher with over 30 years of experience, she was first elected in 2022 during the 33rd Legislature and has focused on education, fisheries, rural communities, balanced budgets, and environmental issues like salmon protection. Notable achievements include sponsoring the first resolution passed in the 33rd Legislature supporting trollers against a lawsuit, leading cruise tourism planning on the Sitka Assembly, and receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator fellowship at the National Science Foundation.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: BA from Western Washington University, BA from University of Alaska Southeast, MA from Gonzaga University.
• Political Experience:
  • Elected to Alaska House District 2 in 2022 ; serves on House Education, Community & Regional Affairs, and Fisheries committees, plus subcommittees on Corrections, Fish & Game, Public Safety, Education & Early Development Finance.
  • Elected to Sitka Assembly in 2020; served as liaison to Sitka School Board and Tree and Landscape Committee; led efforts on cruise tourism, salmon streams, and decarbonization.
  • Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development .
  • Alaska Professional Teaching Practices Commission .
  • Sitka Library Commission .
• Professional Background: 24-30 years as an educator in locations including Sitka School District , Sand Point, King Salmon, Katmai National Park, Kuwait, and Hawaii; National Parks Education Specialist and National Science Foundation fellow .