Communications Intern
Allison Howells is Vaccinate Your Family’s Communications Intern. She is committed to making health information engaging and approachable to better inform and empower patients.
Previously, Allison worked as a Community Engagement Intern with the nonprofit Dysautonomia International. In this role, she served as a support group leader and Facebook moderator where she communicated health information to patients with autonomic nervous system disorders. At Dysautonomia International, Allison also served as an Events and Fundraising Intern, where she helped organize awareness events and initiated a communication outreach strategy to support fundraisers for dysautonomia research.
Allison received her Bachelor of Arts in English from The University of Texas at Austin, with a Certificate in Health Communications. Her academic interests focused on narrative medicine and storytelling within medical contexts.