Allison grew up in eastern Pennsylvania and moved to Providence, Rhode Island to attend the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012. Since then, she has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from RISD in June 2016. Her work is influenced by her lifelong drive to create, interest in various media surrounding art and design, and her passion to design to improve our lives through the things we use everyday.
Allison has worked with furniture studios Matter Made and O&G Studio, as well as influential design institution Bauhaus, in Dessau, Germany. She currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.