Alison LaLond Wyant joined the Civic House staff in May 2005, upon completion of her graduate assistantship in Penn’s Greenfield Intercultural Center and Center for Community Partnerships. Before coming to Penn, Alison directed a community-based service learning program for high school students through Baltimore’s Students Sharing Coalition. She also served a one-year term with AmeriCorps as a full-time construction assistant for Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity. Alison earned a BA from Loyola College in Maryland and an M.S.Ed. from Penn. She is currently working toward a doctorate in higher education management.