Alex works alongside studying broadcasting as portraying the character of Big Red, Western Kentucky Universitys mascot. Nobody knows who's inside the suit or wether it's a boy or a girl inside the suit. "I’m not pressured to be a girl or a guy cause Big Red is an it. "In todays society where everything is so focused on gender and people keep asking you what are you or what gender are you - I currently get that a lot and Big Red gets that every single day," Alex said.