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Alexa Strabuk is a journalist, illustrator, and graphic designer from Seattle, WA. She uses multimedia storytelling, design, layout, illustration, and accountability reporting to amplify narratives of resistance, liberation, and all that should be told but aren’t.

Alexa currently works in not-for-profit communications. She can often be found with a slice of pizza in hand.

Education: 
Pitzer College, B.A, Media Studies; Asian American Studies (2013 - 2017)
Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences, with honors (2009 - 2013)

Work Experience: 
Contributor, The International Examiner (Present)
Communications Coordinator, Center for Courage & Renewal (Present)
Editorial Intern, Ms. Magazine (Spring 2017)
Staff Writer, Mochi Magazine (2015 - 2017)
Program Coordinator, Center for Asian Pacific American Students (2014 - 2017)
Editor-in-Chief, The Student Life (Fall 2016) 
Features Intern, ELLE Magazine (Summer 2016)
Program Book Coordinator, Asian American International Film Festival (Summer 2016)
Managing Editor, The Student Life (2015 - 2016)
Editorial Intern, YES! Magazine (Summer 2015)
Opinions Editor, The Student Life (Spring 2015)
Editorial Intern, Seattle Publishing (Summer 2014)

Group Exhibitions: 
“Shifting Movements” SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (2017)
“Atmosphere” McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC (2017)

Honors & Awards: 
AAJA Columbia School of Journalism Student Fellowship (2017)
AWM ‘News Media That Makes a Difference’ Scholarship (2017)
Next Day Animation’s ‘Girls Who Illustrate’ Scholarship Honorable Mention (2016)
AAJA Los Angeles Chapter Scholarship (2015 - 2016)

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Photo by Dean Wong. I have written dozens of articles, but this one for @internationalexaminer is a story I hold close to my heart. If you don't know of Donnie Chin, you absolutely should. He was a community leader in the Seattle Chinatown-International District for nearly 50 years, taking on a self-appointed responsibility to serve and protect his neighborhood when he felt that the police were not adequately responding to the needs of ethnic enclaves in the city. The importance of community journalism has never been more clear to me and I can't tell you what an honor it was to work on this piece. Link in bio! . . . . . . . . . . . . #asianamerican #activists #socialactivism #activism #chinatownid #seattle #pnw #seattlechinatown #socialjustice #resistance #liberation #justicefordonnie #chinatown #article #journalistsofinstagram #journalism #journalist #history #story #oldphoto #communityjournalism #peopleofcolor #linkinbio #ethnicstudies #internationaldistrictseattle
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Hi all! This is an illustration I did in support of my dear friend @emmjayee and her work with No More Deaths/No Más Muertes. For those who might not know, border patrol agents have been accused of sentencing migrants seeking asylum to death by sabotaging water containers and other supplies on migrant trails. The volunteers who left those supplies on the migrant trail are now being charged with 'abandoning property.' Go check her page out and donate if you are able. Link in bio! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #socialjustice #immigrantrights #migrationisbeautiful #migrantjustice #volunteer #asylumseekers #illustration #graphicdesign #graphicart #illustrator #artistsoninstagram #instagramart #artofinstagram #creative #digitalart #justice #immigrationreform #liberation
tbh i’m just happy to be here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #digitalart #digitalillustration #illustration #illustrator #graphics #creative #abstract #pattern #monsterart #modernart #sketch #weird #monstersdoingthings #graphiccontent #artistsoninstagram #art #instagramart #drawing #artistic #graphicdesign #graphicart #collage #characterdesign
Fishing II🌻🥖🍷🍊
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