Alyssa (uh-LEE-suh) has only lived in Sacramento since 2022, but it didn’t take long to form a huge and caring community through groups like Strong SacTown. In her day job, she manages communications for the Caltrans Director’s Office of Sustainability. For 9 years prior, she worked as a campaign organizer for youth climate justice organizations, coaching and training hundreds of students ages 17-25 in skills like meeting facilitation, group-building, and campaign strategy. Having grown up car-deficient in California, moving to Boston introduced her to the joys and transformative possibilities of walkable, mixed-use, and economically resilient communities that are not car-dependent. As one of the Local Conversation leaders, she helps manage the group’s communications, oversees and welcomes new sign-ups, and helps provide coaching and training to the project teams. You can usually catch her walking or biking around Sacramento with her husband (and fellow Strong SacTown leader) Troy, yapping about local ownership and cooperatives, and eating croissants.
