Alissa has acted since she was seven years old and has over 30 stage credits. Credits include: American Girls Revue (Molly/Kit/Kirsten: West Coast premiere), Parade (Mary Phagan: Los Angeles premiere), Bye Bye Birdie in concert (dir. Jason Alexander), Night of the Hunter (Clary: World premiere, dir. John Bowab), and Romeo and Juliet (Juliet: Francis Ford Coppola Winery). She is an accomplished vocalist and has won numerous vocal awards singing Broadway, Country, & Pop. She has appeared in several commercials, television shows, & movies, and worked as a Ford Model. In addition to performing, Alissa works as a leading national teen Alzheimer's advocate. Her work can be seen through HBO’s Emmy-winning documentary The Alzheimer’s Project and the TV show Young Icons and her essay published in The Shriver Report and Alzheimer’s in America books. In her spare time, she travels across the country for speaking engagements, sings, models, and volunteers for various organizations.