Alyssa is a geographer and resident of Coventry, with experience in non-profit administration and community outreach. Before settling in Vermont, she worked with the Coastal Prairie Conservancy and is a certified Texas Master Naturalist. She became passionate about conservation while volunteering with the Colorado River Alliance teaching elementary students about watershed quality protection, and has since volunteered with the Houston Audubon, Texas A&M University’s Aquatic Plant Database, the Botanical Research Institute of Texas’s Armchair Botanist program, and Arnold’s Rescue Center in Brownington, VT.

She has worked closely with the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Zoology curator as a collaborator on the Texas Invasive Bird Project and has contributed to several published papers.

She is a Vermont Coverts Cooperator under the mentorship of the NorthWoods Stewardship Center's Director of Forest Stewardship, and during amphibian migration she serves as an Amphibian Crossing Guard and citizen scientist for the North Branch Nature Center. Alyssa is excited to connect with current and future land stewards and to contribute to water and soil conservation efforts in her community.