Alyssa Reed completed her legal education at the University of Iowa College of Law, graduating with high honors and an award from the National Association of Women Lawyers. She completed her undergraduate degrees (B.A. and B.S.) with honors at the University of Colorado, Boulder.  She has chaired the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s national-level liaison committee on VAWA and related issues and has served on AILA’s national liaison committee to USCIS’s Vermont Service Center. Locally, Ms. Reed served as the Chair of AILA’s Colorado Chapter 2015-2016 and served on the Executive Committee from 2011 to 2017. Ms. Reed is a frequent lecturer on immigration options for victims of crime and survivors of domestic violence. She has lived in Costa Rica and studied at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. Ms. Reed is heavily committed to pro bono and community outreach. She is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. She has won numerous awards including being named to SuperLawyer's "Rising Star" list multiple times, being named a "Top 40 under 40" lawyer, and being named by 5280 magazine as one of the top immigration attorneys in Denver.