Alyssa Nava provides support for the foundation’s work with the Kansas Fights Addiction grant program, assisting the KFA director with development of program plans and strategic goals. She was promoted to assistant KFA director in June 2025, after serving as program manager, where she helped coordinate development of the KFA comprehensive statewide needs assessment.
Prior to joining the foundation, Alyssa served as both a prevention specialist and community support specialist at DCCCA, Inc., in Lawrence, Kan. In her previous role, she coordinated and facilitated statewide opioid prevention grant initiatives, including the Kansas Naloxone Program and Kansas Prescription Drug and Opioid Advisory Committee. As a community support specialist, she provided substance use prevention expertise, technical assistance, and training services to coalitions at the community level.
Alyssa, who grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, and now resides in Lawrence, earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio. She later earned her Master of Public Health, with a focus in program management and mental health, from Boston University.
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