She currently coaches clients privately, and teaches The Songwriters Forum in the graduate program at NYU's Steinhardt School. She also teaches at the Gotham Writers Workshop and has led courses at the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Alex has spoken on panels at ASCAP, The Recording Academy, The Connecticut Songwriters Association and The Austin Songwriters Group, and has led workshops for many school groups.

With numerous Billboard-charting singles, over 70 releases, and millions of album sales under her belt, Alex's songs range from Rock to Dance to straight-ahead Pop. Her specialty is writing instantly catchy melodies and lyrics that capture the essence of life in strikingly vivid ways.

Recent successes include “Melt Away,” featured in the Denzel Washington film “Déjà Vu,” and New Zealand superstar Hayley Westenra's recording of “You Are Water” on her Billboard-charting Classical/Pop album, “Odyssey.” Several new songs are scheduled for release in 2008.

Alex's first release, the now-classic dance song “Too Turned On,” performed by Alisha, still receives abundant airplay 23 years later. This initial success led to a series of hit singles including Taylor Dayne's massive hit “Don't Rush Me” (#2 Pop, #3 AC, #6 Dance, multi-platinum album, ASCAP Pop Award), Rockell's classic freestyle version of “In A Dream,” and teen heartthrob Joey Lawrence's Top 20 Pop hit “Nothin' My Love Can't Fix,” the latter of which Alex also co-produced.

High points also included collaborating with Cyndi Lauper on a song for her film, “Off and Running,” and co-producing Martha Wash, whose powerhouse voice was featured in the Weather Girls and C+C Music Factory, and who recorded Alex's “Leave a Light On.”

Alex's songs have been placed in many feature films, including ones starring John Travolta, Burt Reynolds, Malcolm McDowell and Linda Fiorentino. Numerous others have appeared in TV shows and an Off-Broadway show. Overseas, Alex's songs have been hit singles for Fan Club (New Zealand), Indra (France), Patti Day (U.K.), Papa Dee (Sweden) and Marie Frank (Denmark, Gold Album).

Over the years Alex has worked with some of the music world's most renowned producers, including Tony Visconti (Bowie, T. Rex, Morrisey), Michael Zager (“Let's All Chant”), Andy Marvel (Jessica Simpson, Celine Dion), Steve Addabbo (Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega), DJ Gomi (Mariah Carey, Madonna), and Mark Berry (Duran Duran, Billy Idol).

For the past 8 years, Alex has been contributing her talents to Songs Of Love, a nonprofit organization that creates personalized songs for kids with chronic or terminal illnesses.

Alex received a Creative Writing degree from Stanford University, and was mentored in the art and craft of pop songwriting by the legendary Doc Pomus ("This Magic Moment," "Save The Last Dance For Me").