featured alumni

Alison Kelly is our first AIO featured Alum! She attended AIO summer sessions in 1995 and 1997. Alison also joined us for the 1999 Jamaica program, the 2001 Bermuda program and the very first Florida Career Seminar at the end of 2002. A University of Maine graduate, Alison spent a year studying abroad in Sydney, Australia in 2003-04. With her degree in biology and a minor in history, Alison started working as a staff member in 2005 where she met her fiancée, David Knuffke (also an alum of AIO). About her current life, Alison says, "I am now working towards a masters in science education from

Hofstra University. After I finish my student teaching next fall, I hope to start my career as a high school biology teacher. I continue to travel every chance I get and am looking forward to joining the staff for the upcoming Belize program. Unfortunately, I'm going to miss AIO next summer but will be busy planning our July wedding."

To get in touch with Alison, please email the Director, Sheryl Gilmore.

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