Alex is a native of the Kansas City area, growing up in Overland Park and graduating from Shawnee Mission West. Alex attended the
University of Arkansas and worked in
Fayetteville and
Fort Smith, Arkansas, The Quad Cities and
West Palm Beach, Florida, before settling back in her hometown. Alex has earned many journalism awards during the course of her career. They include awards for all around reporting, feature, investigative and 5 regional
Emmys. Her honors include an award for work on a six-month project into pollution at a former oil refinery in Sugar Creek. Alex has been named "Best Newscaster" by
Pitch Weekly magazine and
The Johnson County Squire. She has also been honored by the National Kidney Foundation and received a Humanitarian Award from Medical Missions Foundation. Alex reaches the
Kansas City University (KCU) audience directly through the KCU blog. She covers various campus initiatives including the KCU Student Run Clinic, and KCU's global outreach efforts, like the Global Health program's community clinic involvement. Additionally, Alex has published work for the United Aid Foundation and Medical Missions Foundation. Alex left 41 Action News on February 27, 2013. After her time at the news station, she became the Community Outreach and Media Relations Director at Unbound]. She now is Executive Director of University Relations at
Kansas City University, a
private medical school with its main campus in
Kansas City, Missouri, and an additional campus in
Joplin, Missouri. == Education==