Biography
Alexis Reed is a life-long resident of the Greater New Orleans area and graduated from the University of New Orleans, where she studied Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology. Alexis studied abroad with the UNO-Japan: Study at Doshisha University Program as a Benjamin A. Gilman Scholar the summer after her freshman year and participated in the National Model United Nations Conference during the spring semester of her freshman year. During her senior year she became a McNair Scholar, a program that prepares underrepresented undergraduate students for grad school and provides support during undergrad, with the intention that scholars will pursue a doctorate degree in ten years.
Being a first-generation, Black college graduate and the first in her family to travel internationally, she is passionate about outreach and promotion to help increase the percentage of first-generation and Black college students who participate in cultural exchange opportunities. She has done this by sharing her experiences with funding and preparing to study abroad and her time in Japan to attendees at the 2021 We Represent Conference and UNO’s 2020 #StudyAbroadSoBlack panel.
With her experiences mentoring UNO freshman students and serving as a teacher assistant as a UNIV 1001 Peer Mentor, she welcomes Tulane students to see her as a resource, regardless of whether they end up studying abroad.
