Allison’s adventures in school food began while completing her Master’s degree in Nutrition Education with a concentration in school food service. Her passion for empowering children to make healthful decisions about food has led her around the state of MA, helping school food service departments, both large and small, apply for grants to improve their food programs. She also served as the school food service director for the Foxborough Public Schools in Foxborough, MA, for four years, working to create a scratch cooking program and implement indoor hydroponic school gardens, smoothie programs, salad bars, and student cooking classes.

When she’s not working, Allison enjoys hiking, swimming, hanging with her cats, and photography. She particularly loves photographing her backyard animal friends and the flowers she grows.