She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and a B.A. in English, both from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is the recipient of the 2002 Meredith Clark Slane Distinguished Teacher-Service Award. Alice was one of the first board members of High Point's City in Schools program, which reached out to high school students in need of tutoring. She was recently honored at a UNC-G awards event as one of l0 women to receive WC Legacy awards.