Alexandra was born in 1987 in West Philadelphia, to be the third child in a family of three. Her father was a veteran of the Vietnam War who had become a real estate agent, and her mother was a nurse at the local hospital. They both worked hard and loved their children very much, but with their work hours saw them a lot less often than they’d like. Babysitters became a frequent part of Alexandra’s life, but throughout her young life, her parents were always educating her, instilling her with a strong moral compass of justice and injustice.