Alyssa Aloya

Alyssa Aloya is the Program Manager at the Steve Fund. Prior to joining The Steve Fund, Alyssa worked in the Vice Chancellor’s Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Vanderbilt University as a program manager. She contributed to the creation and development of Identity Initiatives for institutionally marginalized community members, strategic planning, program development, and relationship building. While at Vanderbilt, Alyssa earned her Master’s of Education in Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies from Peabody College and focused her studies on promoting equity and justice in higher education contexts. She engaged in Education Trust Tennessee’s Higher Education Policy Council and is a current board member of Persist Nashville: a non-profit that aims to increase the persistence rate for Nashville high school graduates, and the Tennessee Higher Education in Prisons Initiative: a non-profit that creates opportunities for incarcerated scholars to participate in degree programs.

Before joining Vanderbilt’s community, Alyssa was on the team at the College for Leadership and Public Service at Lipscomb University, where she also earned her Master’s of Arts in Conflict Management. Alyssa uses her skill set and is dedicated toward actively pursuing racial equity and creating anti-oppressive spaces in education.