Alexa Lisitza is an identity and mental health writer who covers both topics and how they intersect with daily news. Alexa was raised by Chicago and cultivated in D.C. where she currently serves as Discovery Inc. and the TLC Network’s assistant editor. 

As an undergraduate student at Howard University, Alexa founded Caged Bird Magazine, a publication for underprivileged minority writers who, despite clear talent, had to sacrifice career-starting internships for part-time gigs that would pay for school. She believes every good writer deserves a shot and her team of 50 emerging journalists from across the U.S. were given just that. 

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Her work gained the attention of Teen Vogue directors and she was quickly brought on board as a regular contributing writer for their news and politics vertical. From there, Alexa was selected from a pool as one of 13 students to participate in the Politico Journalism Institute where she wrote about the fall of mental health programs in Florida state prisons. Having been diagnosed with a panic disorder in 2014, she continues to advocate for mental health issues and tackles related news stories in her writing. 

Alexa’s work has been featured in Teen Vogue Magazine, HuffPost, Politico, Blavity, the Afro American Newspaper and more.