Hiiii, i’m Alyssa, i was born and raised in Long Island, New York. I just recently graduated with a BA in Broadcast Journalism and Political science from Hofstra University. I currently work as a waitress, which is how i’ve made a living the last 6 years from the end of high school through college. I love waitressing, quick money and each table is like a mini performance, so I feel like it has improved my “speaking in front of others” skills. My greatest memory waitressing is when I waited on former NY Jets safety Victor Green… I had no idea he was Victor Green, not to mention my nails were painted green with, G-O- J-E-T-S spelt out in white, and I was going on and on to Green and his the guy he was with, how i was a HUGE, die- hard JETS fan(which I am)..eventually I get into what i want to do career wise(NFL OR NBA reporter). Then Green asks me to interview him as if he is a former NFL player. so I do. Eventually Green goes to the bathroom and his friend tells me who he is, i google him, and find out I actually did just interview a former NFL player. =) !! Anyways I just completed an Internship with News 12 Long Island in May, I worked in the sports department basically covering high school and college games, performed interviews, created highlights for the show, etc. I loved it and would definatley be interested in doing highlights for ESPN. BUt ultimately my dream is to be a sideline reporter for an NFL team(preferably the JETS) or NBA, Knicks or Nets would be AWESOME. My favorite sports teams are the Yankees, Knicks and Jets. I strongly DISlike the NY GIANTS, NE PATRIOTS, BOSTON CELTICS, BOSTON RED SOX, MIAMI HEAT and the METS, although R.A. Dickey has sort of won me over.. I loved his book “Wherever I wind Up”…. and I did enjoy watching Santana’s no hitter this season(1st in mets history) I was happy for the Mets and Santana. But basically my feelings towards being a real fan means that if you’re a JETS fan you hate the giants AND if you’re a Yankees fan you hate the METS.. you can’t just be a New York fan, it’s not fair. When you have the kind of passion I do for the JETS, liking the Giants is unfathomable.
