Alyson Wagner is a native Oregonian and a West Coast gal who grew up in the large urban city of Portland. At 19 years old, she left a basketball scholarship at a small college in the Pacific NW to transfer back east to attend Liberty University. Within 2 months after arriving in Lynchburg, the Lord convicted her of her personal sin and she chose to follow Jesus Christ. She competed as a member of the LU NCAA Division I Women’s Track & Field team during her three years at a LU and received a Bachelor of Science in Church Ministries with a cognate in Biblical Counseling in May 1991. Mrs. Wagner met her husband Jim at LU and they have been married for 32 years.  They have one daughter whom they home-schooled for 11 years, and she attended ACA for science classes (2007-2012). The Wagner's have been members at Heritage Baptist Church for 27 years, where Mrs. Wagner has served on various ministries teams, while teaching Bible Study and mentoring/counseling teens and ladies. Her hobbies include reading historical fiction, live theater, history, travel, decaf coffee, hanging out with teenagers and cheering for the LU Men’s Basketball team.

Mrs. Wagner has 18 total years of secondary classroom experience, including two years at University Christian School in Jacksonville, FL, where she taught Psychology, Bible, American History, Geography and Civics. She taught for 11 years with Heritage Home Educators; classes included Speech & Debate, Rhetoric & Worldview, Literature & Writing and Ancient & Modern World History. Some of these years overlayed with classes at ACA. This is Mrs. Wagner’s 10^th year as a tutor at ACA teaching: World & United States History, Classical European & American Literature, Worldview & Rhetoric.  She has also enjoyed 12 years coaching high school girls’ basketball & two years of girls’ softball. Currently she is a Co-Founder/Director of City on a Hill Youth Theater, a local drama group for home-schooled teens. COAHYT just completed their 12^th year and 25^th production this summer. 

Mrs. Wagner enjoys: Joe Beans, Chick-Fil-A, Chocolate Chip cookies, Peanut Butter M&Ms, York Peppermint Patties, Amazon, The Neighbors Place, and Isabella's Italian Trattoria in Boonsboro