Alicia is the founder and artist for the Cosmic Birds of Ornithia. She is a wildlife biologist with a graduate degree in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology from Columbia University. Alicia has worked in the field of wildlife conservation for over 14 years, including serving in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic. As a lifelong animal and bird lover, one of the highlights of her life and career was conducting research on birds in the Peruvian Amazon.