Alexa Imani Spencer

Alexa Imani Spencer is a journalist with experience covering health, business, finance, and education. Her work has appeared in USA TODAY, The Commercial Appeal, Black Enterprise, The Washington Informer and other publications.

Alexa covers health disparities and solutions in the Black community. Most recently, she wrote as a racial health equity reporter at Word In Black — a national digital newsroom founded in response to the murder of George Floyd. She also creates health-related content as a maternal health writer and researcher for Irth App, a premier health app focused on better health outcomes for Black mothers and birthing people. Coupled with her certification as a doula, she analyzes research and conveys solutions to the international Black maternal health crisis.

Alexa previously served as a suburbs and breaking news reporter at the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., where she covered health, crime, and local government. As a digital and online editor at The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects in Jackson, Miss., she wrote about reproductive justice and contributed to legislative research projects. A versatile storyteller, in addition to writing, she’s skilled in film and photography.

She’s currently earning her M.F.A. in Nonfiction Creative Writing at Columbia University.