Meet Condoleezza Alexis | President and Founder of Bleeding Hearts Across America

We had the good fortune of connecting with Condoleezza Alexis and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Condoleezza, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
One of my clubs at school was considering having a feminine hygiene drive, but we’d only be able to do one and it would only be once a year. That got me thinking, why only have one drive once a year when women get their period once a month? So, when I started doing more research and thought about it more I realized that I wanted to do more to help women in the community. It started with having a feminine hygiene drive with local schools and churches, but then I realized that there was more I wanted to do and more ways I wanted to help. That was the catalyst behind starting “Bleeding Hearts Across America.”

Please tell us more about your work. We’d love to hear what sets you apart from others, what you are most proud of or excited about. How did you get to where you are today professionally. Was it easy? If not, how did you overcome the challenges? What are the lessons you’ve learned along the way. What do you want the world to know about you or your brand and story?
“Bleeding Hearts Across America” is a non-profit, youth-run organization who aims to aid women women living on or below the poverty line. I’m most excited about how far our organization will go in the upcoming years and moths. I’m very proud of our feminine hygiene drive. It was a huge success and we’ll now be able to help so many women who would not have had these products before. Starting out was a little difficult and we had a few bumps along the road. The biggest struggle was figuring out how to work and communicate together efficiently. This was particularly difficult for me because I wasn’t used to asking people for help. We had to do more meeting and have members get more accustomed talking to each other in order to overcome this challenge. Tasks we delighted little by little in order to build trust amongst members. Along the way I’ve learned to trust and depend on my board more often. I’ve learned that it’s okay let people help and not do everything myself. Aside from working together, the rest of the process was relatively easy because we had people like our teachers, parents, and councilors who were there in our corner helping us along to the way.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
First thing we would do is go to South Beach. I know it’s considered overrated by I still think there’s a lot of fun things to do there. I would first take them to the Sugar Factory for either breakfast or brunch. After we would walk around South Pointe Park and Pier. Later we could try to roller-skate around Lincoln Road. If there’s still time or for whatever reason we didn’t do the other things, we would go to the beach. While my friend is there I would take them to places like Superblue Miami, Miami Zoo, Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden (especially at night and sunset), Big Fish Miami, Paradox Museum and then we’d go to Candle Land Miami. Needless to say I would make the most out of the week we have together and give them memories they’d never forget.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I would credit my success to my teacher and club sponsor, Ms. Jarrett. She is the person who inspired me to start “Bleeding Hearts Across America,” and she also holed me organize our first drive at our school. She’s always been helpful for coming up with new ideas and talking through my problems.

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