Alyssa Avant is a Christian writer, speaker, and founder of Beauty by Design Ministries. She combines her experience in the modeling industry and as youth and childrens director to reach out to girls pressured and confused by the messages of style, fashion, and beauty.

Alyssa writes the newsletter Faith Notes from Alyssa, and ghostwrites for several websites and blogs. Her keynotes are passionate and playful, drawing in audiences young and old. Her vision to help girls become godly went public in April 2007 when Alyssa began the Mom-Daughter Connection Podcast. Alyssa holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and is completing her Masters Degree in Christian Education from Liberty University. She makes her home in Carrollton, MS, where she is wife to husband Greg and mother to three precious children.