Becca Balint

Rebecca A. (Becca) Balint (born c. 1968) is a Vermont educator, writer, and politician. A Democrat, she has served in the Vermont Senate since 2015. In 2017, she was selected to serve as the Senate's Majority Leader.

Balint was born circa 1968 at the United States Army hospital in Heidelberg while her father was an Army captain in Germany. She was raised in Upstate New York, and attended public schools in Peekskill.

She attended Barnard College for two years, and in 1990 received her bachelor of arts degree in history and women's studies from Smith College, where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. In 1995, she earned master of education degree from Harvard University, and in 2001 she received a master of arts in history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Balint taught in public and private schools throughout New England, and at the Community College of Vermont.

She moved to Vermont in 1994 to teach rock climbing at the Farm and Wilderness Foundation in Plymouth, and became a permanent resident of Vermont in 1997. She went on to direct Saltash Mountain Camp at Farm & Wilderness in Mount Holly, a coed wilderness adventure camp for children ages 11 to 15.

Balint settled in Brattleboro, where she became active in politics and local government. She served on Brattleboro's Development Review Board, and was elected as a district representative to Brattleboro's town meeting.

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