advocacy

Alyssa has collaborated with local governments to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. This has included the installation of visible crosswalks, Accessible Pedestrian Signals, improved signage and residential building modifications. At the city level she has participated in projects with the NYC Department of Transportation in developing tactile guideways and accessible bus service ticketing. She has also provided legal testimony for families in pursuit of fair educational practices, and served as a family advocate in Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings.

Her promotion of accessibility in the arts has included braille transcription for gallery exhibitions, multimedia development for program materials, and orientation guides. She has also trained with Detour Company Theatre (Phoenix, AZ) and AXIS Dance Company (San Francisco, CA) in interabled teaching and dance-making.

community engagement

Over the last 10 years Alyssa has lived and worked in the USA and Europe, developing and maintaining community in-person and virtually. She has held memberships with the New York State Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER), the AER International Services and Global Issues Division, Artists Co-Creating Real Equity (ACRE), European Dissent and Astoria Mutual Aid.

She has facilitated group work-in-progress showings for choreographers in NYC and Rīga, blending a practice of critique based on Liz Lerman's Critical Response Process and Fieldwork. Alyssa has co-organized a community of practice for NY educators concerned with current issues in Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI), alongside leading Artist-U working groups in Brussels to facilitate community-rooted support.

transparency & responsibility

3.5% of Alyssa’s monthly income is directed toward local and national Indigenous-led Landback and Black-led reparations movements. Her individualized giving plan was developed under the guidance of Resource Generation with the intention of engaging in responsible wealth redistribution practices.