Rae Alexandra

Rae Alexandra

Reporter/Producer

Rae Alexandra is a Reporter/Producer for KQED Arts & Culture, and the creator/author of the Rebel Girls From Bay Area History and Bizarre Bay Area series. Her debut book, Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area was published by City Lights in March 2026. In 2023, Rae was awarded an SPJ Excellence in Journalism Award for Arts & Culture. Rae was born and raised in Wales and subsequently — even after two decades in Northern California — still uses phrases that regularly baffle her coworkers.

By Rae Alexandra

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