Alicia graduated from Knox College in 2011 with a B.A. in Psychology emphasizing in Behavioral Neuroscience. She then worked in the Neurology Department at the Washington University School of Medicine as the Clinical Research Coordinator for the Washington University Neurofibromatosis (NF) Center where she aided in the study of social-emotional delays in children with NF1. Currently, Alicia is a third-year student in developmental psychology and cognitive & affective neuroscience, studying how differences in temperament, cognition and biology tether children to developmental pathways leading to difficulties with social engagement. Alicia works with Drs. Koraly Pérez-Edgar, Kristin Buss, Cynthia Huang-Pollock and Michael Hallquist.