Rachel Bayefsky graduated from Yale University in May 2009 with a major in Ethics, Politics & Economics. In the fall, she will begin pursuing an MPhil in Political Theory at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. Previously, she attended the Solomon Schechter High School of New York. She was born in Toronto, Canada and currently lives in New York City. At Yale, she was an editor of the Yale Philosophy Review and chairman of the Independent Party of the Yale Political Union.