An award-​​winning graphic designer for more than 15 years, Alison has designed projects on behalf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the UNC General Alumni Association, Carolina Performing Arts, Duke University, Pepsi-​​Cola, Georgia Pacific, BD Technologies, and Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, to name a few. Alison’s work has been rec­og­nized by the University and College Designer’s Association, Admissions Advertising Awards and Summit Creative Awards, and her work has been pub­lished in Creativity Design Annuals. She received design, edit­ing, and fine arts train­ing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earn­ing a bach­e­lor of fine arts and a bach­e­lor of arts in jour­nal­ism and mass com­mu­ni­ca­tion. She has done gratis work for the Animal Protection Society of Durham and sev­eral ele­men­tary schools and preschools.