Alexis Papalia is a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts High School with a major in literary arts and Chatham University with bachelor’s degrees in political science and English. Currently, she is employed full time with Trib Total Media, a regional newspaper group in southwestern PA. There, she primarily works on obituaries, though she has written numerous theater reviews, concert reviews, feature articles and advertorial pieces for Trib Total Media’s publications. She has published one nonfiction book, Alexis: My True Story of Being Seduced by an Online Predator, about a traumatic experience from her teen years.