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Alesia K. Alexander is a spirited, compassionate, and unique community and youth development advocate with a passion for young people and their potential. She thinks that her professional role is one of the most life-affirming and whole roles she will ever take on (besides being a mother). Alesia came to this vision through her very own personal journey with loss. Her father gave her this mission on his deathbed in 1994 after losing a battle with cancer.

 

Over the last 20+ years, Alesia has focused on at-risk children and teens in school and community settings, specifically children and teens who have lost a loved one to death. Her educational background includes a BA in Political Science from Hampton University, and a MSW from Florida State University.

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Alesia holds a certification in Arts and Community Practice from Florida State University. She also holds a certification in Thanatology. She is the author of three resources for grieving children: Sunflowers and Rainbows for Tia: Saying Goodbye to Daddy (1999), A Mural for Mamita/Un Mural Para Mamita (2001), and Dream Clouds (2011), and a professional helping guide, Tapestries: A Creative & inclusive Approach to Grief Support with Young People & Communities (2013).

 

All of her books illustrate the universal grief experience and share the many ways in which children and families grieve.  Alesia is also proud to offer menopause coaching and menopausal grief support to clients navigating the menopause journey.  Alesia is intentionally and authentically menopausal and has created an engaging and empowered approach to the menopause journey.  Click here for more information on "Juicy Grief". She is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida, Georgia and Virginia (License #s: FL: SW8061, GA: CSW003624, VA: 0904010676).

 

Alesia has served as a consultant on grief, loss, gang intervention, and inclusion in centers across the nation, and internationally. Alesia is currently in private practice  in Richmond, VA. Find her here.

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