Alexandra (Alex) Machado is a first-generation agrarian, rancher, and farmland conservation professional based in Eastern Washington. Raised in Metro Detroit, Alex relocated to Washington in 2016 to develop her hands-on education in regenerative agriculture, low-stress stockmanship, and holistic management through internships and mentoring. Alex graduated from Bellingham Technical College with a degree and certifications in structural fabrication and welding. She founded her first livestock business, Snake Mountain Ranch, in Bellingham around 2018, before relocating and rebranding her business in Edwall, Washington, in 2022.

Alex currently operates Sundog Sheep Company, which focuses on preserving the endangered Navajo-Churro sheep breed, raising grass-fed lamb, raw wool, producing ethically harvested sheepskins, and other value-added goods. Under Sundog Sheep Co LLC, Alex also offers consulting services and prescribed grazing on a case by case basis. In 2023, Alex began working for Washington Farmland Trust as the Farmer Collectives Manager, where she currently supports farmers, ranchers, and agrarian collectives with technical assistance and resources for land access across the state.

Her work centers equity for successioning, beginning, and historically marginalized producers including immigrants, Indigenous producers, veterans, and people of color through consensus building and community-based approaches. She is also a co-facilitator of New Cowgirl Camp alongside Sandy Matheson of Matheson Farms and Beth Robinette of Lazy R Ranch in Cheney, Washington.

Alex serves on the board of Hunters of Color, where she supports organizational strategy, fundraising, and programming that advances equity, cultural connection, education, and land access within hunting and conservation spaces. A multiracial Cuban-Nicaraguan, Anishinaabe woman, Alex grounds her work in lived experience, accountability, and a deep commitment to land stewardship and food sovereignty. Her career bridges agriculture, conservation, and community building, with the belief that resilient rural and agrarian futures are built through relationship and care for both land and people.