In 1986, Alexandra Swann graduated at fifteen years of age with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Brigham Young University and a GPA of 3.85. The following year, when she was sixteen, she received a Master’s Degree in History from California State University. In 1989, her book, No Regrets: How Homeschooling Earned me a Master’s Degree at Age Sixteen, was published, in which she details her experiences with homeschooling. At eighteen, she was the keynote speaker for the Utah Home Education Association homeschooling convention, and from that time on she and her parents spoke at many homeschooling conferences around the U.S. Since 1998, Alexandra has worked as an active mortgage loan originator licensed in the state of Texas, and in the past thirteen years she has helped thousands of families realize their dream of homeownership. As a small business owner, she has worked to support the roles that homeownership and small business ownership play in helping people achieve the American Dream. She has served as 2002 president of the El Paso Association of Mortgage Brokers, 2005 president of the El Paso Womens’ Council of Builders, and she is the 2011 chairperson of the board of directors of the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She was the 2003 Mortgage Broker of the Year for the El Paso Association of Mortgage Brokers, and the 2005 Associate of the Year for the El Paso Association of Builders.