Alison is a Toledo native, graduating from the University of Toledo with a degree in Environmental Sciences and then the University of Nebraska with a Masters in Agronomy. She has bounced around the U.S., working in Nevada and Iowa before returning to her home state to join the Ohio AmeriCorps. She spends her spare time with one of many diverse interests, including watching movies, painting watercolors, creative writing (usually while drinking coffee), and playing all sorts of games.