While attending college, Allison Hester spent four years working for an insurance agency where she learned the ins and outs of life insurance. She later served as the communications manager for a not-for-profit organization responsible for designing campaigns for Medicare and Medicaid patients and providers. She has written for several national insurance and healthcare organizations and is the managing editor for the International Journal of Orthodontics. She received a BA in Radio/TV/Film from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), where she later returned for her MA in Interpersonal and Organizational Communications.
