Alexandra Marvar grew up between a ski lodge and a racetrack in Central Ohio. She studied anthropology and geology at Vassar, followed by a graduate photography program at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. In 2006, she moved to Brooklyn where she worked as a web designer, freelance magazine writer and photographer, covering music and musicians, hydropower controversy in southeastern Turkey, and tsunami tourism in Indonesia.
Her writing and photography have been published by Huffington Post, VanityFair.com, Wmagazine.com, Jane, GOOD magazine online, NPR, and Time Out New York. She has lead photo workshops at City College of New York and DREAM Project School, Cabarete, D.R., and a photojournalism workshop at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Currently, Alex is based in Kingston, NY. In 2010, she sang on an album and toured the UK with a band called Common Prayer. She is one of the founders and organizers of the O+ Festival, where artists, musicians and writers barter their contributions directly for medical and dental care from art-loving health care providers.