Alison holds a Masters degree in Child Psychology and School Counseling, Additionally, she has had extensive studies in Art Therapy and holds certificates in Mindfulness, Meditation. Reiki, Yoga, and Sound Healing. Her interests are reflected in her non profit, Uthrive Wellness Inc. that focuses on mental health and self awareness. Alison as a parent and educator shares through her life experiences her love for wellbeing, mindfulness, and self love. She is passionate about helping children discover their inner values thus providing them with the skills and understanding to lead a life of happiness, joy, and peace. Adults have been drawn to her as they seek inner peace, self love and freedom to express themselves in new ways. Alison is the proud author of “Planting Seeds for a New Tomorrow; An Inner Child’s Tale”. This book emphasizes the importance of expressing oneself as a critical component to thriving health and happiness, whether it is a three year old child or a mature adult. Expressing oneself is not an automatic reflex, and is not something a person can will. Learning to express oneself fully requires tools that can be learned through a variety of healing arts and modalities. Upon acquiring and integrating these skills, a person will understand their emotions and feel more comfortable in expressing his/her own feelings and engaging with others. Uthrive provides the skills to help children and adults examine their own feelings and explore ways in expressing themselves in personally meaningful ways and socially responsible behaviors that are congruent with happiness, joy and a socially meaningful life which is supported in her new book.

About the Co-Founder James Anthony

James Anthony grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York, and attended Yale University. His Liberal Arts education focused on Sociology, Art History, Biology, French, and Business. He founded NASSE which became one of the largest after school enrichment programs in the country, and focused on bringing education, athletics, and music to elementary school children on campus after school. After NASSE was purchased, James founded Pegasus After School Programs LLC. focusing on over 50 different enrichment programs for kids across the country. After meeting Alison Ungaro, who is well versed in Art and Mindfulness, Yoga, Sound Healing, and Wellness classes for kids and adults, James combined forces with Alison to form Uthrive Wellness INC, to offer over 70 different programs, summer schools, pre and post care programs, that encompass the whole child and adult.
James’ passion and goal for early extracurricular activities inside schools is to further educate our children, to develop maturity and fine motor skills at a younger age, to apply what they learned in the classroom, to hone their skills, enhance their learning experience, help kids find a passion, hobby, goal, and direction, and a career early on in their lives. Finally, to make learning fun and safe!

At Uthrive, we believe in planting seeds of compassion and love in the hearts of our young participants. Recently, we gathered a wonderful group of young ladies to explore the theme of compassion through engaging discussions and creative activities.

During our book reading, we delved into what it truly means to be compassionate and how to lead with an open heart. The conversation was inspiring and filled with insights. Afterward, the girls had a fantastic time expressing their creativity by making bookmarks and wish boxes, each a unique reflection of their thoughts and feelings.

One of the older girls beautifully captured the essence of our session when she wrote, “If you wanna,feel loved, you have to love yourself first.”

We are grateful for these moments of connection and creativity, and we look forward to nurturing more compassion and love in our community!