Alex Turvy

Originally from Ohio, Alex has lived in New Orleans with his partner Devon since 2010. He earned a BS from Miami University with a double-major in Literature and Philosophy and a minor in Mandarin Chinese. During his time as an undergraduate student, Alex frequently studied and wrote at the intersection of literary criticism and philosophy, completing an honors thesis that used a Foucauldian lens to look at the operation of the panopticon structure in Paradise Lost and won three competitive departmental scholarships for this and other similar work. He later completed a M.Ed from SUNY Binghamton, which included a mixed-methods final thesis project that centered around implementation of a new early-childhood curriculum in a charter school context.

For the last ten years, Alex has worked as both a teacher and a leader in local schools. He spent five years teaching Kindergarten and 1st Grade and most recently spent four years as the Director of Operations for a K-8 school, responsible for all non-academic operations of the school – finance, facilities, buses, enrollment, and everything else.