
Alyssa
A loan of $15,000 helps a new event collective provide a platform for artists, boost local business, and engage the community.

Alyssa's story
My name is Alyssa I am 29 years young. I moved from CA to AR with my family as a child. Arkansas has been home for almost 2 decades and I have started my family here, 3 beautiful daughters, 2 fur babies, and 1 amazing husband. I also started a cleaning company in the area before pursuing more creative business endeavors. Since I can remember, I have been a musician, annoying my parents with operatic melodies as a toddler, writing songs of my own since the age of 10, playing guitar since the age of 12, all of the arts have greatly impacted my life and perspective.
I have always found solace in the outdoors as well, whether the beach or the river I love being near the water and swimming. I think that’s a huge part of why I have fallen in love with the community of NWA, because it offers such a rich culture of both arts and outdoors activities which has given me so much inspiration, and why I would like to contribute to filling the need for more opportunities for others to experience it.