Alexandra is an art historian specializing in art from the mid-18th century to the early 20th century, with a focus on 19th-century French art. Born in France, she moved to the United States at 18 and has lived on both coasts of her adoptive country. For the past 10 years, she has called the Bay area home, while pursuing both a Bachelor’s and a doctoral degree from U.C. Berkeley. Teaching is a driving force of her academic pursuits; her energy in the classroom and innovative approaches to make material comprehensible have been recognized by two teaching awards at Berkeley. Over the years, she has developed a close relationship with San Francisco museum collections, stemming both from personal interest and art history assignments devised for her Berkeley students.