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Alexa Hewson Root
Alexa is a Tilden graduate (Class of 2009) and returns to the school as the 2nd & 3rd grade classroom learning support specialist after earning a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Connecticut College in 2021. Currently, Alexa is attending graduate school at Bastyr University pursuing a Masters of Science in Integrative Nutrition. Alexa is thrilled to be back at Tilden helping to foster and grow the creative, engaging, and challenging learning environment that she herself experienced as a student. When she is not at Tilden or doing schoolwork, Alexa loves to go on walks, do yoga, and set up her new house with her new husband, Mason.