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|History=Born to a relatively well-off civilian family in Vancouver on Earth, Alex was fascinated by all things related to the mind from young age. Studying psychology in school, her parents expected her to apply to the finest universities in the Federation, and were more than a little distressed when instead she decided to apply to Starfleet Academy.
Four years went by quite quickly, and after her promotion to Ensign, Alex stayed at the Academy to work on her doctorate. Her thesis was based on how certain electromagnetic telepathic signals could alter a person's perception, and though her professors voiced concerns at her conclusion, she attained her PhD at the age of twenty-four. Assigned to Starfleet Medical to treat the most troubled Starfleet Officers, she was involved in a project that used the same theoretical principles she covered in her thesis to try and “correct” the psychological damage that stemmed from the horrors Starfleet Officers can be subjected to. Though the project was a failure, her work had attracted the notice of a higher and darker power.
At twenty-seven, she was recruited by a Captain working for Star Fleet Special Operations and found herself inducted into the Psychological Warfare department. The Romulan War was drawing to a close, but the department continued their work into finding an effective means to disorient and disable Romulan soldiers without affecting races with similar physiologies such as Vulcans. She also worked on projects to disrupt the Borg Hive Mind, but with little success in the field. With the conclusion of the war and the destruction of the Borg, Alex left Special Operations behind and took a position as Counsellor aboard the USS Philadelphia.
