ALYSSA CHACON WAS A PARTICIPANT IN THE FOOD NETWORK TEEN CHOPPED SECOND TOURNAMENT.THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 5,000 APPLICANTS AND ALYSSA WAS 1 OF 16 SELECTED.
ALYSSA’S INTERESTS INCLUDE: COOKING, CREATIVE CAKE DECORATING, SPORTS, MUSIC AND IRISH DANCING. SHE HAD STUDIED IRISH DANCING FOR 10 YEARS AT THE JENNIFER LYNN SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCING.
ALYSSA IS A GRADUATE OF BATTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE ALSO ATTENDED THE INSTITUTE OF CULINARY EDUCATION (I.C.E) IN 2014. SHE IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF UNION, NEW JERSEY AND IS CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT THE BENEDICTINE ACADEMY IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.
ALYSSA HOPED BY COMPETING ON CHOPPED SHE WOULD BRING AWARENESS TO HEREDITARY ANGIODEMA (H.A.E), A DISEASE THAT HER BROTHER JACK LIVES WITH.
ALYSSA ASPIRES TO GO TO CULINARY SCHOOL AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE.
NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, I, MANUEL FIGUEIREDO, MAYOR OF THE TOWNSHIP OF UNION, IN THE COUNTY OF UNION, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, CONGRATULATE ALYSSA CHACON ON HER PARTICIPATION IN THE FOOD NETWORK TEEN CHOPPED COMPETITION AND FOR BRINGING AWARENESS TO H.A.E. WE WISH ALYSSA CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL HER ACHIEVEMENTS.