Alex Peek (she/they) is a new staff writer at Florida International University's Her Campus chapter. She covers sociological perspectives and analyzes pop culture phenomena through a queer and women-centric lens. Living in Miami for over two years, she has worked around South Florida in early education, historical-cultural preservation at the Stonewall National Museum and Archives, event management with FIU's Pride Student Union, teaching ESL and peer mentorship through FIU's Honors College, and amongst the film industry at FilmGate Miami.
In her final semester as an International Relations major, she studies Women and Gender, Exile, Human Rights and Political Transitions. In May 2022, Alex had the privilege to travel with FIU’s Honors College to Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In 2023, she received a Book Award from FIU's Department of Politics and International Relations.
Alex grew up in Northeast Florida with family originating from Puerto Rico. After spending her first two semesters remotely from home, obsessing over Star Wars and Pedro Pascal, she moved to Miami in mid-2021. Alex is currently writing a screenplay while completing the Exile Studies program at FIU. It follows Naomi, an oracle reincarnated into the 21st century as a teenage girl from the Caribbean diaspora.
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