Allyn Olsen is a 2022-2023 Teach Plus California Policy Fellow and a high school psychology teacher at Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, California. She has taught health, geography, world history, sociology, social issues in film, and criminal law at the high school level. Allyn is presently serving as the western regional vice president for Psi Alpha, and she is the founder and director of the San Diego-Imperial County Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) regional network. She was named Hilltop High School’s teacher of the year in 2020. Allyn earned her BA in Human Development from the University of California, San Diego, and an MEd in cross-cultural education from National University.
