Alexandra (she/her) is a Cuban-American writer whose reporting spans such topics as immigration, the affordable housing crisis, and art-washing, and appears in VICE, CNN, and others. Currently, she is the Senior News Reporter for Prism where she covers gender justice, immigration, and worker’s rights, among other topics. Additionally, Alexandra enjoys writing about arts and culture for outlets such as Burnaway Magazine, Hyperallergic, and Observer. Her reporting on Miami’s affordable housing crisis was recognized as a finalist for the 2023 Esserman-Knight Journalism Awards for excellence in investigative reporting. Alexandra’s debut short documentary, “El Soldador” which was commissioned through Oolite Arts x Community Justice Project’s Pass the Mic program, premiere at the Miami International Film Festival in April 2024 and had it’s Texas premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival in April 2024.

She received a B.A in Film Studies from Columbia University and has worked on documentary post-production teams as well as prison reentry programs in New York and Miami. She is based in Miami where she lives with her young daughter and enjoys tending to her native pine rockland garden.

Contact me here: alexmar0521@gmail.com