Alison Vallejo is a Registered Nurse with over 25-years of experience in community nursing. Alison developed an unwavering passion for wound care early in her career. For the last 15 years, she has dedicated herself to wound specific care, focusing on chronic wounds, such as lower leg ulcers. 
 
She has a post-graduate diploma in wound management, certificates in wound debridement techniques. She is a credentialed wound clinician as of
2019. And has completed her Doctor of Philosophy in wound care in community nursing. 
 
She's also conducted research in wound biofilms and the use of novel therapies, such as ultrasonic debridement and topical antiseptics to assist wound healing. This work was part of her higher degree by research at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Alison has presented at academic and practice-focused conferences nationally and internationally and published her work in peer-reviewed publications. 
 
Alison is passionate about providing evidence-based client care, and education to undergraduate nursing students, nurses, health professionals, health care workers, carers and the individual with the wound, responsible for wound care.