Ms. Backschies was selected in 2015 to lead the new Los Angeles International Corruption Squad as a supervisory special agent, overseeing investigations of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, kleptocracy, international money laundering, and antitrust violations. In 2018, she was named chief of the International Corruption Unit at Headquarters, which included oversite of the FBI’s four International Corruption Squads.

In 2021, Ms. Backschies was promoted to assistant special agent in charge of the Mission Services Division of the Washington Field Office. She was named section chief in the International Operations Division at Headquarters in 2022.

Ms. Backschies earned a master’s degree in international relations from the University of San Diego and a bachelor’s in political science from the Catholic University of America in Washington.