Allie is a third-year Film and Accounting major with an Animation minor, and is super excited to be joining the Park Scholar program. During the 2025-2026 academic year, she co-founded and co-led IC Women in Animation, a volunteer student collective of the global organization, WIA, which aims to uplift women and nonbinary people in the animation industry. She also worked as a Residential Assistant, produced for ICTV’s scripted show, Help Desk, created graphics for ICTV’s Fake Out , served as a Student Cost Analysis Consultant, and was involved in ICircus. Over the summer, she volunteered at Peace in Schools, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating teenagers about mental health and mindfulness. She created an animated video to be included in their curriculum titled “The Neuroscience of Self Talk,” which discussed the importance of self-kindness and the ways the brain responds to different internal dialogues. She also spent her summer assisting in a special education daycare. She’s a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Lambda Pi Eta honor societies, and was recently inducted into Beta Alpha Psi. This year, she plans to continue her campus involvement and to find more ways to connect with people; she’ll be working as a Teacher’s Assistant for Intro to Animation, and helping the residents of McGraw House navigate their technology with other Park Scholars. She’s thankful for the opportunity to be a Park Scholar and is looking forward to the next two years.
Recent Peace in Schools Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ovq5n_0hV7olaPGhbStct8i8CjYJmqS2/view?usp=sharing