Background
Kreiger was born in Fort Myers, Florida on July 8, 1983.
Kreiger was born in Fort Myers, Florida on July 8, 1983.
University of Florida.
She is a graduate of Bishop Moore High School in Orlando, Florida. In addition she was a cum laude graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in Public Relations. Her scholastic honors included Mortar Board.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Golden Key International Honour Society. National Dean’s List. Chancellor’s List; Phi Sigma Theta Honor Society.
Alpha Lambda Delta.
Phi Eta Sigma and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She pledged in 2002. Allison Kreiger Walsh is a motivational speaker, freelance writer, public relations professional and a non-profit activist. She is a 2006 cum laude graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in Public Relations and is currently pursuing her Juris Doctorate at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University"s College of Law.
In addition to serving as the inaugural Chairwoman of the National Junior.
Board for the National Eating Disorders Association and lobbying with the Eating Disorders Coalition on Capitol Hill, Allison has personally spoken to over 50,000 people about the dangers of eating disorders. In 2006, she started collecting jeans as an initiative through Health Opportunities for People Everywhere and NEDA to encourage people to "Be Comfortable In Your GenesDon"t Fight Your Genes, Just Change Your Jeans." Since 2006, over 8,000 pair of jeans have been collected and donated to charities in need.
In 2010, Allison launched the “Get R.E.A.L.” Program, encouraging everyone to set “Realistic Expectations and Attitudes for Life.” This innovative video outreach program will be distributed to over 7,000 schools, hospitals, community health organizations and treatment centers throughout the State of Florida by August 2010. Allison has been a contributing editor for the Dove Digital Channel hosted on Master of Science in Nursing.com and a featured blogger for Public Broadcasting Service. She has been a special guest on Lifetime Television"s Balancing Acting, Public Broadcasting Service"s Emotional Life, and FOX News’ The Big Story with John Gibson, and Hannity and Colmes.
She logged over 80,000 miles in her travels as Mission Florida and completed over 250 appearances.
Kreiger won the Mission Florida title in the state pageant held July 8, 2006. She had previously won Mission University of Florida in 2002 and Mission Miami in 2006. Allison is the President/Founder of Help Our Planet Earth – Helping Other People Eat, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that focuses on the prevention and awareness of eating disorders. In addition to being Mission Florida 2006, Allison was the recipient of the Mission Florida Community Service Award, the Mission America State Community Service Award in 2007 and the overall interview award. Allison earned $38,000 in scholarships while competing in the Mission America Organization. In 2007, Allison received the Young Woman of Distinction Award from the Girl Scouts of Citrus Council and in 2008 Allison was honored as the National Eating Disorders Association Youth Advocate of the Year, and was a winner in the 38th Annual Women's Achievement Awards presented by the Women"s Executive Council, as Emerging Achiever of the Year in 2008.
She is also a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority at the University of Florida.
