She holds a BA in Journalism from Buffalo State College and an AAS in Commercial Photography from LaGuardia Community College. Her career started out as a backpack journalist for local news and then transitioned into media production for reality and documentary television shows. After years of working in television she decided to follow her passion and document stories through photography. Her work has been featured in National Geographic, PDN, PF Magazine, CUNY Matters, The Lit Magazine, Queens Museum, LaGuardia Gallery of Photographic Arts, The Photo Place Gallery and Project Basho Gallery. Allison will be entering the Yale School of Art MFA Photography program this Fall. She now lives in New Haven, Connecticut.