Alyssa Dykgraaf, DMD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry and serves as the program director for the General Practice Residency. After graduating with a Bachelors degree in Spanish from Aquinas College, she joined AmeriCorps to work with Catholic Charities as a translator at the Spanish Catholic Center in Washington DC. She then completed her DMD and General Practice Residency at the University of Louisville.