Allison Lindsey

By the time she was seven years old, Allison Lindsey had lived in seven states – making her a perfect candidate for Friendship Force International! At age seven, Allison’s family decided to call the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn home. Later, she attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in family and child development. During her senior year of college she studied abroad at Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, England. That was her first experience traveling and living abroad, one that has turned out to be the first of many! She has now visited 22 countries and 31 states within the United States.

Allison first came to work at the Friendship Force in 1996 as a program coordinator, shortly after returning from Berlin, Germany, where she lived with a family and went to language school. She left the Friendship Force in 2000 to pursue work at a faith-based organization and worked there until her son was born in 2005. Even though she wasn’t working for the Friendship Force, the goals of the organization remained close to her heart.

In the fall of 2007, Allison returned to work at the Friendship Force, working part-time as the Educational Project Coordinator. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, participating in activities at her church and in her community, nurturing her budding interest in growing a vegetable garden and playing tennis.