A California credentialed teacher, she has worked with upwards of 1,000 students in public schools in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, including her alma mater Berkeley High School. Alicia developed her poetry craft as a participant in Youth Speaks, as a student teacher in June Jordan’s Poetry for the People at UC Berkeley, and in poetry courses the University of West Indies, Barbados. She has performed internationally and has been featured on NPR Radio and Ise Lyfe’s album Spread the Word.