The very first book Alex remembers really loving was Anne of Green Gables, which was then followed by countless others. She has been a Middle Grade Fiction second round judge for the past five years and always forward to participating in the Cybils. She is also a technology geek and originally began teaching Information Technology in school. Eventually, she found herself in a fourth-grade classroom in Bronx,, NY and loved teaching that age, which is when she also fell in love with middle grade fiction.