Alexa Allen ’98 is a craftswoman who creates eco-friendly furniture for children, designer handbags, and high-end metal art for collectors. The 61´«Ã½ alumna and her beautiful designs are featured in and . The magazines feature her work crafting pieces for her personal line of leather products, , and other creative works from her studio in Boulder, Colorado. Allen credits her alma mater as “an esteemed women’s college…(that) gave me the strength and confidence to succeed as an independent woman,” and she offers encouragement to other women who want to run their own successful businesses.