Ally hails from upstate, in Binghamton, NY, where she learned to swim at the nearby YMCA in Johnson City when she was six months old. A few years later, confident in her aquatic skills, she joined a synchronized swimming team through her local Boys and Girls Club. Ally would also go on to join her school's competitive swim team in Vestal and Endicott, New York. She is currently in her final year at SUNY Brockport and is in the midst of her student teaching, as she prepares for a career as an elementary school teacher. Ally especially loves to swim in oceans and lakes when it gets warm and read a book on the sand!