A native New Yorker, Allysha is deeply committed to addressing the
structural inequities affecting the city and state she calls home.
Through her personal, academic and professional experiences, she
has developed a passion for advocacy and for ensuring that community
members can exercise their rights and participate in public life.
Allysha is the Associate Director of Community Social Work at
Presbyterian Senior Services and serves as Program Director for
NY Connects – Brooklyn. In this role, she supports the development
of a resource hub providing long-term assistance to older adults,
people with disabilities, families, caregivers and professionals
serving these communities.
Her political-social-work approach connects community members with
elected officials, centers community needs and encourages residents
and representatives to work collaboratively on local challenges.
Allysha earned her MSW from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work
in 2023 and is pursuing a PhD in Social Welfare. Her experience
includes community outreach, psychoeducation, research, program
development, crisis intervention and qualitative evaluation.
She also serves on the Council on Social Work Education Service User
Curricular Task Force and the Voting Is Social Work Advisory
Committee, and contributes to research focused on increasing the
political participation of marginalized communities through
culturally responsive, empowerment-based interventions.