Allison teaches English in rural southeastern Ohio; reports on local news for the only independent news publication in her town; teaches vocal lessons at Girl’s Rock camp; and works as an adjunct professor in the Rhetoric and Composition department at Ohio University. Previously, Allison blogged for Southern Poverty Law Center’s website Teaching Tolerance where she wrote about social justice issues in educational policy and practice. Through the mothering of other sober Amazons, Allison found the Land in 2009 and returned every year. Her daughter was five at her first fest, and every year, for one week, Allison watches The Land lift her daughter’s spirit, transforming her into a free girl-child.