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Portrait of Rebecca Sweeney

Honor Society® member

Rebecca Sweeney

Sift bakeshop

  • biology
  • Class of 2027
  • Willimantic, CONNECTICUT

Member since September 2023

Education

  • Eastern Connecticut State University

    biology and biotech

    2023 – Present

Goals and interests

Career goal

Biotechnical research and Lab research in biology. Looking to work in genetics. Drug testing such as Pizer.

Graduate school interests

Florida Tech

Outside the classroom

Horseback riding, trumpet playing, archery, gaming, music, reptiles, reading

Experience

  • Sift bakeshop

    Aug 2023 – Feb 2024

  • merchandise handler

    home depo

    May 2023 – Feb 2024

  • dietary aide

    Penelton Health

    Mar 2022 – Apr 2023

  • stable hand

    First few years working at Stirrup Fun Stables in Lebanon Connecticut run by Jeana Prink. I stopped going there around 2023, I worked there throughout Covid. (Horses still needed to be fed!) Now working for a private barn in Colchester working with gaited horses.

    Aug 2018 – Feb 2024

Volunteering

  • Farm Hand (ride clean hay nets) Observe local wildlife (birds, bald eagles)

    Blue Iris Farm

    Mar 2022 – Oct 2023

  • Leader, stable hand, teacher and more

    Stirrup Fun Stables

    Aug 2018 – May 2022

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Spanish (Spain) Beginner