User talk:Allison Graham

Allison Graham was born in Long Beach, California and moved to Lake Charles, LA when she was 6 years old. Her Father, Dr. George Graham, would see her family on several moves throughout the country as he moved up the Public Health Administrative Ladder.

Attending private, co-ed grade school (UCCS) Allison's first week of High School was a much shorter walk with her older sister to St. Louis High School. Punishments and Hazing were more than allowed at that time and especially in deep Southern Louisiana where her mother ran for and won a seat at the City Council. Surprisingly as a woman and a native Californian (UCLA) Allison had a thriving and supportive childhood with encouraging parents who embraced every new adventure. At the end of that first week of High School and Hazing, Allison was told her family had to moved again to Phoenix, AZ. Her father was starting a new form of Hospital Expansions - today most of his designs are the "Doc-in-the-Box" style of medicine more accepted and normalized today. This took Allison from a student population of 300 in the entire building (1st-8th) to a campus of 2,000 students Freshman through Senior class. After an awkward transition, Allison overcame what she later learned was a cajun accent, to a more western style of diction and enunciative style of speaking. Allison was voted class President of her Junior Class and Science Student of the Year out of the 2000 student population. That summer, Allison once again was told the family was to move again to Dallas, TX. Dashed and devastated, many family's offered her family to allow her to stay to finish the last two years. She had been offered a Softball scholarship that Sophomore year to Menlo University - having proven herself as an 'All Star' Allison excelled at Track, Volleyball, Varsity Basketball, and Varsity Fast Pitch Softball. She also enjoyed after-school jam sessions with the Head Cheerleader who played the Electric Guitar while Allison turned her 7 years of classical, jazz and soft contemporary lessons her parents insisted (after cool Drum Set Kit her Grandparents bought) into thrash metal and simple rock and roll.

Moving from Phoenix, AZ to Dallas, TX Allison's father became one of the Hospital Administrators at Parkland Hospital of Dallas. Her mother started over and put her newly acquired CPA License to use and studied to become one of the top 5% Real Estate Agents in the United States. Allison's older sister stayed on at Arizona State University and currently resides in Newbury Park, CA with her husband and children.

Allison is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, and worked all over the country and globe bringing the written word to life on the big screen. Allison has worked for Artisan Entertainment, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema, 20th Century Fox, Miramax and Dreamworks SKG as Assistant Director, Production Manager, and Producer working with such titans as Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Bay, Timur Bekmamvetov and Tim Burton. She was one of the key business strategists behind The Blair Witch Franchise marketing campaigns, leading the team responsible for revolutionizing the way the Internet and film marketing were viewed.

Once again on the cutting edge, Allison entered a TedX contest on a rant and whim and was selected to be one the big stage The Dallas Performing Arts Center in front of over 1000 people alongside amazing stars and thinkers giving her own TEDX talk: "How Social Media Makes Us Unsocial" - please watch and share! She has given several podcasts including being interviewed on Unspoken Words: Thoughts of the Millennial Generation and later discussing The Affects Social Media & Online Dating have had on Relationships with host Robert Dunn. with her most recent coming out in a few months on Huffington Posts new Podcast and shows. Having articles written on her talk, Allison sparked a revolution of people already searching for a voice to echo their own, "How can we go back to when we used to talk to each other face-to-face?! Before it's too late?!" Kids are dying, Dentists are getting more business but more importantly Science has not yet caught up to what all of this 'Screen Time' is doing to the young and developing mind. Allison currently speaks to audiences and partners with Government, Educational and Public Forums working on pen to papering, "Teaching Social Graces to Social Media".