Alexa Skelly attended Mitchell Community College in her hometown of Statesville, North Carolina then transferred to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where she earned Associate and Bachelor of Music Degrees in Music Education with a concentration in vocal studies. While at UNCW, Mrs. Skelly traveled abroad to St. Pӧlten and Vienna, Austria multiple times to attend the Laudate Dominum Choral Workshop held annually. Also at UNCW, Mrs. Skelly was honored to perform at two of the Music Department's Honors Recitals in Beckwith Hall. 

Mrs. Skelly is now on her ninth year of teaching and sixth year at Cape Fear Academy. Previously, she taught Chorus and Drama at Roland-Grise Middle School and Chorus at Ashley High School. She has taken her students to perform in the Wilmington community, Music Performance Adjudications, Music in the Parks Competitions at Carowinds and Busch Gardens, All Carolina Men's Invitational at UNC Chapel Hill and the North Carolina State Honors Chorus. Mrs. Skelly is a member of the North Carolina Music Educator's Association and regularly attends the Professional Development Conference held annually in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Skelly still values and enjoys being a performer herself as a member of Wilmington Voices, a professional choir here in Wilmington, North Carolina.