Alissa Kushner
Student
akushner@gatech.edu

Alissa is from Weston, Florida. She’s a second year majoring in Mechanical Engineering and double minoring in Spanish and Industrial Design. Last summer, she worked as an engineering and design intern at an electric vehicle charging startup founded by Tech students called TEQ Charging. Alissa’s (s)hero is Debbie Sterling, a mechanical engineer who created GoldieBlox after deciding that it was time to "disrupt the pink aisle" in toy stores.