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Born in 1990 to a UK mother and a Maltese father, Alice grew up for most of her life in Surrey's Woking. Her love of comedy growing up saw her to participate in acting classes at Italia Conti and the Guildford School of Acting, and authoring the school plays as she got older.

Alice's dream was to be a performer and write comedy, but another ambition was realised when she began volunteering at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in 2011, while attending University. From then on, Alice was captivated by animal care and strived to take that path instead.

Alice began her Zookeeping journey in 2014 at London Zoo ZSL where she was involved with 3 different animal departments. In 2015, she departed from the Zoo life to manage a Children's Farm in North London but after a few years, chose to return to exotic animals, relocating to Costa Rica for 7 months to research Toucans and assist in Sloth research.

When she came back to England, she returned to Zookeeping, and took on the role of a Carnivore Keeper at Shepreth Wildlife Park, where she remained for nearly 5 years.

During this time, she established the Keeper Educational Exchange Programme (or KEEP), a non-profit organisation that enables Zookeepers from across the UK and beyond to learn from each other through spending time at other collections. She has presented on the programme at the ABWAK Symposium and the BIAZA Annual Conference and the organisation is honoured to be BIAZA Endorsed and sponsored by Birdworld, in Surrey.

In 2023, searching for zoo a creative outlet, Alice launched the animal-comedy podcast: "Asshole Animals with Alice", that examines animal behaviour in a humorous fashion, with the help of experts across the world. In the initial months of her podcast, she was accompanied by nature creatives such as Chris Packham, Megan McCubbin, Lucy Lapwing, Jungle Jordan, Bertie Gregory and aims to continue interviewing hilarious experts about animals with a bad reputation.

Alice was also shortlisted for BIAZA's "Woman of the Year" award in 2023.

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