Alexa has been the principal of Friends’ Central’s Middle School since 2012. She graduated from Friends’ Central School in 1998, before attending Oberlin College, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Art History. Alexa rejoined Friends’ Central soon after college, and spent 10 years teaching Language Arts in the Middle School. During this time she earned Master’s degrees in English from Middlebury College and School Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. Her son, Connor, was born in May 2014.