Alison completed her Graduate Equivalency in Music Therapy and is currently completing her MME at the University of Kansas. She recently completed her clinical internship at Music to Grow On in Sacramento where she worked in school settings, with adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ID), Autistic adults, transition programs, memory care, early intervention, and emotionally developing students. In graduate school, Alison also gained clinical experience in hospice, inpatient pediatric psych, assisted living and volunteered with a local suicide crisis line. She has a BME in Music Education from Southern Methodist University where she completed her Orff Schulwerk certification and masterclass. She has contributed to the American Orff Schulwerk Association’s publications, Reverberations and The Orff Echo.
Prior to coming to music therapy, she taught K-5 music for five years and is now in her 8th year of teaching private lessons. Her current research interest is on the applications of lived experiences of neurodivergent individuals. She strives to prioritize self-determination and needs of the client as experienced from the client’s perspective. Alison loves hiking, reading, traveling, and spending time with her spouse Vineel and her cat Adeline.
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