File 1 (9.20) - Pole raising in Haida Gwaii

Alexa Fairchild is School Programs Manager at the Brooklyn Museum, where she works with a talented team of educators to host kids and teachers for fun, engaging gallery experiences. Alexa’s professional life includes serving on the Board of Directors for the Museum Education Roundtable and contributing as a peer reviewer to its publication, the Journal of Museum Education. She’s an avid presenter at local and national conferences, and served two years as president of the New York City Museum Educators Roundtable. She’s also on the Advisory Council of the Women’s International Leadership Program at International House. Alexa has worked at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (U.B.C.) in her hometown of Vancouver, Canada; Lower East Side Tenement Museum; and Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine. Her graduate degrees are from Bank Street College of Education (M.S. in Ed.) and U.B.C. (M.A. in Art History).