Alison was one of five directors chosen by Lena Waithe for AT&T's 2019 Hello Lab Mentorship Program. She received her BA in film production from Emerson College and MFA in directing from AFI. She was hired as the first female staff producer/director at media company, All Def Digital, and has been featured in publications including Vanity Fair, Deadline, and Free the Bid, which highlights female filmmakers. In addition to a number of nominations on its festival run, her short film, YOU'LL ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER, won the Women in Horror Film Festival Night Mare award at the 2018 Nightmares Film Festival as well as Best Director (Short) at the 2019 Austin Revolution Film Festival and Best Foreign Student Short at the 2019 Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. She is continuing to develop various projects that utilize horror as a means to explore character.