What Happened To Alexa PenaVega’s First Husband Sean Covel?

Alexa PenaVega was just 22 years old when she married film producer Sean Covel in 2010. However, it appears their union wasn’t meant to be, and the two called it quits on their marriage in 2012, less than two years later. According to TMZ, the duo cited “irreconcilable differences” as the catalyst of their split. Since their divorce, Covel — who is widely recognized for his work on the film “Napoleon Dynamite” — has not remarried and has kept himself rather busy working on other films such as “Concrete Blondes,” “Driving Blind,” “Carter & June,” and “Tater Tot & Patton.” He has also been heavily involved in various philanthropic activities, including founding the food sustainability program 12 Days of Pizza in 2015 and the “Porter the Hoarder” Family Engagement Project in 2019. Both projects aim to give back to communities in South Dakota, where Covel grew up.

In addition to being a film producer and philanthropist, Covel also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, where he teaches film creative development and finance strategies under the Peter Stark Producing graduate program, according to his LinkedIn profile. He is also an active keynote speaker, giving talks at universities and international film festivals, and hosted a talk about the mental framework of problem-solving at a TEDx Talk event in Rapid City, South Dakota, back in 2019.