Allison serves the Cathedral Arts Project as the Chief Program Officer and Executive Director of Any Given Child Jacksonville. After earning her M.A. from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 2003, she began her career at the University of Central Florida’s Department of Education. During her tenure, she facilitated a K-12 literacy integration course and a training course for online teaching. Allison then became the Associate Director at the Austin Museum of Art – The Art School where her duties were to create and manage art programs for more than 5,500 students of all ages annually.  As the Director of Education for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville, she contributed to the improvement of the museum’s educational services for all ages and abilities. Allison was also an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Florida specializing in arts integration for elementary school curriculum. 

In addition to serving on the Advisory Board for the Back to Bach Project, Allison is also a member of Jacksonville University's Institutional Review Board, the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens Education Committee and has served on the board of The Ritz Theater and LaVilla Museum, Arts4All Florida, The Art Center Cooperative, and Color Jax Blue. 

In 2018, Allison was honored as one of Jacksonville Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40. She has also received the Advocacy Award from Cooper Morgan Dance, Innovative Educator Award from Jacksonville University and the Friend of Art Education Award from the Florida Art Education Association.