Rebecca Chavez-Houck represented Salt Lake City in the Utah House of Representatives from 2008 to 2018, where she focused on public policy related to health and human services as well as voter engagement and access. She served as House Minority Assistant Whip.

Rebecca served as a public affairs staffer for a number of local Utah nonprofits from 1985 to 2007 and cultivated a parallel “career” as a volunteer for nonprofits ranging from Envision Utah to the ACLU to Planned Parenthood Association of Utah. She has taught volunteer engagement classes as adjunct faculty for the University of Utah’s MPA program.