In 2014, Alli Keyser-Marti began her cheese journey, exploring the world of milk, salt, enzymes, and microbes. With a culinary career that started in her teenage years, she has managed Cowgirl Creamery’s original Pt Reyes shop and overseen the Oliver’s Market Stony Point cheese department. Alli was awarded an American Cheese Education Foundation Scholarship to attend the 2022 American Cheese Society conference in Portland,where she successfully completed the CCP® exam. She was also selected as a 2024 ACS Official ConferenceCheesemonger, and is traveling to Viseu, Portugal to volunteer for the World Cheese Awards in November 2024. Alli has pursued this passion from her backyard in California to small farms all over France, rural Ohio, roadside stands in Sardinia, and ferries in Croatia. When not volunteering, she skillfully pairs cheese with olive oil or apple tastings at Gold Ridge Organic Farm in Sebastopol.