As Chief Development Officer, Alexandra Cesario oversees fundraising and communications. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Spanish from Loyola University Chicago and is skilled in nonprofit communications, fundraising, and management and uses those skills to extend dignity to all. She also completed the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Program with the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2020. Alexandra has been with Breakthrough since 2013 and has previously overseen the organization’s grant portfolio and led marketing and communications efforts. Under her leadership, Breakthrough has grown to an annual revenue of $10 million. Alex resides in Humboldt Park with her husband and three daughters.

With Breakthrough since 2013