Alyssa Fernandez starting making guitars as a graduate student in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue, where she helped teach the guitar manufacturing class and manage the Guitar Lab. She earned her MS in technology in August 2023, having previously earned undergraduate degrees in philosophy and English literature, and an MA in English literature. She started at Taylor Guitars as an intern in 2023 and just stayed. She is now a Jr. Manufacturing Automation Engineer at Taylor, where she shares a desk with a gecko named Mashed Potato. She lives fifteen minutes from the beach.

▪ bio current as of 2024