Allyson Mitchell (BA, 2010) is currently the Outreach Programs Manager for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Throughout her professional and scholastic careers, she has focused on how technology can act as a bridge to connect formal and informal educational spaces and programs. At the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Allyson is responsible for the revamping and coordinating all of their Distance Learning and Loan Box Programs. Prior to joining the Penn Museum, she served as the Curator of Education at the Delaware History Museum, where she created a new Distance Learning studio and supporting programs. Allyson has held a variety of positions within the Education Department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where she continues to volunteer her time in the Wachovia Education Resource Center. She graduated with honors from Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University with a BA in Art History and earned a MA in Museum Education at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia (2013).