Meet Our English Department Chair
Alexandra Estrada is the English department chair and teaches World Literature. She moderates Mercy’s National English Honors Society chapter and its literary magazine, Mercy’s OutLIT. Ms. Estrada loves helping her students build critical thinking skills and encourages them to make connections between their course material and the world they experience. She is inspired by her students who teach her something new everyday.
Ms. Estrada is proud to be an East Coast transplant. Originally from New York, she started her teaching career in Brooklyn and has taught in Vietnam. When she’s not in the classroom, Ms. Estrada enjoys traveling, hiking, running, baking, and, of course, reading!
Ms. Estrada holds a BA in English and rhetoric, cum laude, with highest departmental honors from Bates College; an MA in Teaching English from Brooklyn College; and a California teaching credential in English. She is a recipient of Columbia University’s Humphreys Fellowship for education.