Christa Alexander joined the Innocence Project as a post-conviction litigation fellow in the fall of 2023.

Prior to joining the Innocence Project, Christa attended St. John’s University School of Law. While at St. John’s, she worked as an intern at the Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Practice, Appellate Advocates, New York County Defender Services, Federal Defenders Western District of Missouri Capital Habeas Unit, and her law school’s Defense and Advocacy Clinic. She is also the founding member of her law school’s first criminal public defense organization, SJU Defenders. Prior to attending law school, she worked for two years at the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice on the implementation of the NYS Bail Reform Law, supervised release, and alternatives to incarceration.

Christa graduated summa cum laude from Binghamton University in 2018 with a B.A in political science and sociology. She is also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Christa is passionate about disrupting cycles of incarceration and providing zealous advocacy in her legal career.