Alison Cebulla, MPH
Alison Cebulla, MPH, is the Associate Director of Curriculum Development and Training. She joined the Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma after three years as a Community Facilitator at PACEs Connection (PACEs = Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences). While there, she produced over 100 virtual events with industry experts, including a series to promote the Netflix launch of the film Cracked Up, the story of SNL actor and comedian Darrell Hammond’s search for the truth about his childhood. Through this series, Alison worked with such heroes as Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Gabor Maté, MD, Jacob Ham, V (Eve Ensler), Jane Fonda, and filmmaker Michelle Esrick. Alison joins this movement with lived experience as a person in recovery. Her healing journey led her to pursue a Master of Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health (’19). Her undergraduate degree is from the University of California, Berkeley (’09), in Conservation and Resource Studies. Alison interned at ecological nonprofits in Belgium and the Netherlands. She worked in Fair Trade, an industry that seeks to end violence against women through economic empowerment. Alison has written about the transformative power of kindness and gratitude in the Huffington Post. She taught workshops and presented on stage in Paris, Barcelona, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin. She is an avid trail runner, yogi, meditator, writer, photographer, and food grower.
