Alexa is known for her ability to lovingly shape and form her classes and provide engaging learning experiences that keep students enthusiastic throughout their lower grades experience. Her therapeutic education background and interest in differentiated learning support her work with individual students and the class. You will find Alexa and her class outdoors each morning — singing, passing beanbags, and folk dancing, regardless of the weather.

In addition to teaching in grade school, Alexa’s tenure at DWS includes three years of teaching high school science. She utilizes her doctorate in veterinary medicine from Cornell University to instill a passion for the biological sciences and a genuine love of animals. This high school experience helps to inform her of where the students are as they begin first grade and where they are eventually headed as they mature and move toward graduation from DWS in twelfth grade.

Before joining the DWS community, Alexa was part of the faculty and being a parent at the Waldorf School of Philadelphia and Mountain Phoenix Community School. Alexa holds a Waldorf teaching certificate in Elementary Education from Sunbridge Institute.

Alexa is a mother of four children. Three of her children currently attend DWS, and her oldest graduated from DWS. In her spare time, Alexa enjoys being in the mountains with her family, taking long hikes with her two dogs, puttering around with her chickens, and gardening.