Alexandra Hartenbaum

A professional educator, Alexandra Hartenbaum is the CFO of You TELL Me Stories, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on the development of digital and print properties that promote oral language and literacy. Alexandra manages You Tell Me Stories business relationships, and works with her partner, Lynn Rubin, on the development of the applications.

Alex holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from New York University, but followed her passion to become an educator. She taught kindergarten and second grade reading in New York at The Hewitt School, an independent college preparatory school for girls in kindergarten through grade twelve. Later, she accepted the position of head teacher for the three-year-old group in the Early Childhood Learning Center at Temple Israel in New York.

Alex is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Digital Book World and the National Association of Women Business Owners. She is also a member of the American Library Association and is involved with the T.J. Martell Foundation, a New York-based organization that funds innovative medical research to find cures and treatments for leukemia, cancer and AIDS.