Rebecca Heatherly Block was born in Thibodaux, Louisiana and grew up in Franklin, Louisiana. She was a History Major and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University New Orleans in 2010. She is currently a third year law student at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she is second in her class and serves as the Executive Editor of the Southern University Law Review. She will graduate in May 2013 and will be clerking for Judge John Conery with the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal upon graduation. She is forever grateful for her family and the amazing professors she has had.