Alicia Smallwood graduated from DePauw University in 2012 with degrees in psychology and music. Since then she has worked as a clinical research coordinator in breast cancer epidemiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In addition to volunteer efforts with the Brain Preservation Foundation, Alicia is the research director at Carboncopies and is doing post-baccalaureate work at the University of Wisconsin, in preparation to pursue graduate programs in clinical psychology and biophysics.