[1] Alex is a native of the Kansas City area, growing up in Overland Park and graduating from Shawnee Mission West.
Her honors include an award for work on a six-month project into pollution at a former oil refinery in Sugar Creek.
Alex has covered the war in Afghanistan, the tsunami in Sri Lanka, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
[13][14] Alex is involved in several volunteer and humanitarian causes including helping a girl from Gaza get needed medical care.
She previously served on the board of directors for Medical Missions Foundation delivering free medical care to developing countries and Smile Again USA providing reconstructive surgery to Pakistani women attacked with battery acid.
Prior to her position at Kansas City University, Alex also served as Community Outreach and Media Relations Director at Unbound.