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. Hers was a unusual academic turn, 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 the summer of 2023. They and she liked it so much that she 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 15 minutes from the beach.

▪ bio current as of 2024