Alysa Noelle Bradley is a Queens native with almost ten years of social services experience.  She received her undergraduate degree from Penn State.  Alysa is currently pursuing her graduate degree in Social Work, with a focus on Clinical Practice, at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College.  She is completing her internship at Manhattan Justice Opportunities, a community-based alternatives to incarceration program at Center for Court Innovation.  Alysa hopes to improve access to quality mental health care for African Americans through direct practice, advocacy, and academic research.