Alyssa Best helps people identify their dream careers and provides them with the tools to achieve their goals. As a career consultant, trainer, and speaker, she offers guidance and skills on topics related to career and professional development to build leadership for social change. She has mentored and worked with emerging leaders at Wider Opportunities for Women, the Center for Progressive Leadership, and the Institute for Women's Leadership at Rutgers University. She also conducts outreach and recruitment for The OpEd Project.

Her experience as a trainer and educator includes teaching youth and adults in community-based programs, the university classroom, national conferences, and the non-profit sector. She recently served as Chair of the Professional Development Series for WIN (Women's Information Network). She is a 2008, 2009, and 2010 nominee for WIN's Young Women of Achievement Awards. She holds a Master of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Mary Washington College.

Her writing has appeared in mainstream and scholarly media, including The Huffington Post. She contributes to a group blog on career issues: LYJ: Love Your Job, Love Your Life.