Alana started her career at Cal Poly Pomona, where she received her B.S. in Kinesiology in 2020. During her studies, she gained clinical experience working with the men's soccer team and women's volleyball team as an athletic training and first responder intern. After graduation, she worked as a physical therapy aide in outpatient orthopedics for 3 years, prior to her acceptance into the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Chapman University. 

Her clinical rotations at Chapman provided her with experience across a variety of settings, including outpatient oncology, outpatient orthopedics, acute care, and inpatient neuro. Her final rotation was spent internationally in Italy, in a small town in the Umbria region, Umbertide. At Istituto Clinico Tiberno, she gained valuable experience working with the neurological population, which reinforced her desire to continue her career in this specialty. 

Alana was born and raised in the South Bay, where she now resides with her family, after spending her graduate career living in Orange County. Outside of working, she enjoys hiking, snowboarding, gardening, yoga, and cooking/baking. She also loves to travel while she can, and has been to over 20 countries around the world!