A Model Career
Tre Alexander 鈥�98 has an exciting side gig.
Tre Alexander may be the only woman in America who looks forward to the commercials when she鈥檚 streaming Hulu or YouTube TV.
That鈥檚 because sometimes she鈥檚 in them.
The department coordinator of neuroscience and biology at Brandeis University has
an exciting side gig: She鈥檚 a commercial actress and model. Alexander, whose actual
first name is Tracey, hit a growth spurt during middle school in Columbia, Maryland.
She was 5 feet, 8 inches, so in addition
to playing the 鈥渢all sports,鈥� as she calls basketball and volleyball, she got into modeling at 12.
She鈥檚 never given it up. Alexander has appeared in national print campaigns for retail giants such as CVS and walked the runway at Boston Fashion Week. When she was in her 20s, she added acting to her repertoire. In recent years she starred in a national ad for HelloFresh with a very special co-star鈥攈er husband, Richard Parrella.
鈥淚t was the best experience I have ever had because the chemistry was already there,鈥� she says. 鈥淧eople will let me know, 鈥榊our commercial is airing on Lifetime or the Food Network.鈥� It鈥檚 fun to see yourself on TV. I always just laugh.鈥�