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Mount Saint Mary College
B.A. in Psychology and Human Services
New York University
M.A. in Guidance Counseling
Stony Brook University
M.A. in Higher Education Administration
Alyssa Buchanan’s most recent financial aid role was at St. Thomas Aquinas College, where she was the associate director of student financial services. Previously, she worked as an assistant director of student financial services. Her focus was on graduate financial aid packaging, loan counseling, and state/federal aid processing. Prior to her work in financial aid, Alyssa worked in guidance counseling in a K-12 public school setting and had several years of experience in customer service managerial roles. She graduated from Mount Saint Mary College with a B.A. in psychology and human services. She then earned her M.A. in guidance counseling from New York University. After making the decision to leave counseling, she most recently earned an M.A. in higher education administration from Stony Brook University, beginning her career in college financial services as a financial aid counselor, where she played a key role in supporting students and families through the financial aid process.
