Alyssa Bracha McMillan is from Detroit, Michigan. She earned her BA in journalism from Oakland University and she is graduated with a master’s in social work from Wayne State University. Alyssa wants to help people on an individual, therapeutic level as well as a communal, organizational level. Currently she is interning at the VA hospital in mental health. She is a family lover, foodie, and has a love for the Arts.
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My family has always been the foundation of my life.