Alexa was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, before moving to New Brunswick, Canada in 2014. Here, she attended the local university with an interest in biology and psychology, majoring in both. When attending university, Alexa found herself taking more and more marine and environmental biology classes, developing a passion for both the marine and freshwater environments.
Alexa has worked as a biologist with the Peskotomuhkati Nation, in what is now southwestern New Brunswick, for the past four years. Through her work she develops programs to research, revive, and protect the traditional territory of the Peskotomuhkati. Reviving the traditional rivers and bay using an ecosystem-based approach is her focus, though she supervises projects from microplastics research to establishing frameworks for co-management of fisheries.
In her free time, Alexa enjoys a good cup of coffee, cooking, and travelling. She enjoys learning something new each day, may it be about wildlife across the world, or learning a new card game.