Meet the Team: Alexandra Hardwick

Catch her adding hot sauce to practically every meal…

Join us in welcoming our newest Digital Strategy Coordinator, Alexandra!

Day One Firsts

First job: Social Media Intern @ the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

First word: momma or dadda

First car: Just got my license in August 2019 and never owned a car

First album you ever bought: I was more of a LimeWire girl

First childhood fear: The dark (I still run up the stairs sometimes when I turn the lights off)

First celebrity crush: Will Smith

First phone: One of those QWERTY keyboard slide phones

First concert: Chance the Rapper’s Social Experiment Tour

Fun Facts

Auntie in my head: Tracee Ellis Ross

Currently Reading: Give me some suggestions! The last book I read was Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower

Favorite TV show: Living Single

Favorite website(s) to get lost on: Twitter

Favorite YouTube channel: Terrell Grice, Wired, Bon Appetit, The Cut

Favorite movie(s): Dreamgirls, Drumline, The Devil Wears Prada

About Alexandra

Alexandra joins Day One as a Digital Strategy Coordinator. A Chicago native, she graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in Advertising and a minor in Informatics.

Prior to joining Day One, Alexandra worked as a Special Events Assistant at the Better Government Association, where she assisted the development team with fundraising efforts. Before the Better Government Association, Alexandra spent 3 years as a Social Media Intern for the University of Illinois supporting the social team with digital communications and graphic design. She is excited to bring the skills she has gained through her previous experiences to Day One.