Since February 2000, Alexa Sorden has served as an educator in the New York City Department of Education. She has served as a classroom teacher, Literacy Coach, Director of Achievement, and for the past nine years, she has served as principal. In 2013, Alexa founded Concourse Village Elementary School located in the South Bronx. In 2018, under Alexa's leadership, Concourse Village received the National Blue Ribbon Award for exemplary performance. Then in 2020, Alexa received the National Award for Equity and Excellence from the National Center for Urban Schools. Alexa is a graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University, and this past spring, she earned her ABD status at St. John's University's doctoral program in Educational Leadership.