Alex Ashford is an author and screenwriter who attends Pepperdine University. At just 23, she has completed a full length novel and more than 200 poems, short stories, and screenplays. She is an honor student and a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, one of the most prestigious honors for college students in the world. Recently, Alex started a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting poverty and facilitating education in poor countries. She is an up and coming actress who will debut in a film that will hit the big screen in September 2008.