ALEX grew up between a ski lodge and a racetrack in central Ohio.  Early in her career, she was on staff at Jane magazine and, following Jane's folding, a web/editorial permalancer at W and Vanity Fair. Recently, her writing has been published by The New York Times, The Guardian, The Believer, The Washington Post, The Nation, Topic, and elsewhere. She is a senior editor at print lifestyle magazine DVEIGHT and managing editor at brain health news and science publication BEING PATIENT.

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She studied photojournalism at the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies and has lectured on same at City College of New York, Savannah College of Art & Design, and her alma mater Vassar College. Her photography of musicians can be found on VanityFair.com, NPR Music and elsewhere.

She is one of the founders of the Kingston, NY-based national arts non-profit O+ Festival, where artists and musicians barter their contributions directly for medical and dental care from art-loving health care providers and volunteered for the organization in its earliest years. She has served on the Board of Advisors for the Esopus Foundation.