Alice Twiggs Vantrease grew up in South Carolina and spent her summers with her Grandmother Wright in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Following a normal liberal arts education, she received a degree in Confusion from the Institute of Marriage where major areas of interest were concentrated in diaper changing and cheese grits. She received a master's degree in the School of Media Obfuscation where her thesis "The Importance of Truth in Media" was solidly rejected. Final thesis topic was "Rejection: Why Salespeople Love Sales." She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the School of Dirty Knees where