Senior Child Nutrition Policy Analyst
Food Research & Action Center, United States
Allyson joined FRAC in July 2020 and serves as Senior Child Nutrition Policy Analyst on the School and Out-of-School Time team. In this role, she supports national and state partners with legislative, administrative, and technical solutions, along with resources and data, to expand access to Federal Child Nutrition Programs. She most actively contributes to efforts around the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Community Eligibility Provision, and Healthy School Meals for All.
Prior to FRAC, Allyson was a Nutritional Health Graduate Fellow in the personal office of a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanks to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. She handled a policy portfolio of child nutrition, agriculture, higher education, and sustainability issues, and advised the Member on matters related to their Agriculture and Education & Labor Committee Assignments. Additionally, she has extensive experience researching and writing about food policy and culture in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, and western Europe. She was a 2017-2018 Fulbright grantee in Italy, where she studied at the University of Gastronomic Sciences and worked at Slow Food International.
She holds an A.B. in Social Studies from Harvard College, and a M.A. in Gastronomy: World Food Cultures and Mobility from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy.
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