Alissa Gary is a reporter at The Chronicle. Email her at alissa.gary@chronicle.com.
Alissa is a junior at the University of Florida, where she is engagement managing editor, leading website production and social media, at the Independent Florida Alligator, the campus newspaper. She interned at the Orlando Sentinel, covering business and politics, and published this story on how school districts were affected when the state failed to approve their sex-ed plans. She also wrote for WUFT, UF’s NPR affiliate.