Alison Rapp is a former Nintendo executive. She received her B.A. in Communication Studies, International Relations and Japanese at Augsburg College in 2011.

Rapp later attended University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN - College & University Twin Cities where she received her M.A. in Communication Studies and Critical Media Studies in 2013.

She is also known for feminist views via social media.

On March 30, 2016 she announced her termination of her role of Product Marketing Specialist at Nintendo via Twitter. She held her position since 2013. According to Nintendo, she was terminated after a smear campaign over censorship.

Rapp worked for Nintendo Treehouse, which includes a localization team that, among other duties, translates Japanese titles for release in the West.

Treehouse had been under fire from the loose Internet coalition known as GamerGate, as well as other unhappy fans.