Alexa is passionate about creating equitable and resilient cities. She is the Urban Design Director of the East Region in the City of Detroit Planning Department. She manages a team responsible for planning and implementing neighborhood development and landscape infrastructure projects in line with a vision co-created with the community. She is also a project lead for the Reimagining the Civic Commons Initiative in the Fitzgerald neighborhood. Alexa received her Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and her Master’s in Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia.