An associate attorney with the La Porte firm of Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LLP, she received undergraduate degrees from Indiana University – Bloomington and her juris doctor degree from Michigan State University. Alyssa was the principal saxophonist of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Youth Orchestra. She played soprano, alto, and baritone saxophone, along with clarinet and percussion, in numerous plays, musicals and concerts. For various reasons, she explains, she decided not to pursue musical performance in college, “but I never lost my appreciation for music and have always looked for an opportunity to become involved once again in music.”