Alyssa Ballentine

Alyssa Ballentine is a highly educated professional with a diverse academic background in public health, epidemiology, nursing, international affairs, gender studies, and language studies.

She holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology from both CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and City University of New York-Hunter College.

Alyssa also earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from Mary Washington College.

In addition, she has certificates in Gender and Development Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Arabic from the Arabic Language Institute in Fes.

Professionally, Alyssa has held various roles including Senior Staff Nurse at NYU Langone Medical Center, Syringe Exchange Specialist at HIPS, Lead Literacy Instructor at Academy of Hope, Temporary Adult Education Coordinator at Catholic Charities, Literacy*AmeriCorps member at Catholic Charities, Communications and Advocacy Intern at Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), and Substitute Teacher at Nashua School District.