The year 2020 was difficult. Despite its many challenges, film maker, poet and author Alexis Rosado made the most of it.
The CEO of Vision Success Marketing & Consulting, Lexi and her company launched a community interview series titled “Voices” to very high acclaim. The program provides a platform for the marginalized to express themselves.
She also wrote and published the book The Mountain Climber, a poetic story of ascension, self-confidence and perseverance.
Alexis Rosado shared some of her time with us by answering THIS questionnaire about her life in 2020 and what to expect from her in 2021.
How would you summarize 2020?
2020 was a hot mess express that will forever be documented in history.
Which of your blessings would you say was the biggest?
I found a different level of resiliency I didn’t know I had. I found forgiveness with family.
I also found a piece of my voice that I hadn’t known was yet to be discovered. Still working on the courage to share it more frequently and boldly with the world through the things I create and through challenging dialogues. But power, love and a sound mind were developed throughout the year.
Did you read any good books that you would recommend to others?
The Mountain Climber by yours truly. No really in editing I reread that book at least a dozen times or more in 2020.
But another book that sucked me in A Prison of My Own by Diane Nichols. It’s about murder, and forgiveness and mystery!
What was the best song of the year?
“The Story I’ll Tell” by Maverick City Music featuring Naomi Raine
“Ijuststartedlovingme” by James Gardin
What were the movies or television shows that you couldn’t stop watching?
Movie: Short film Black is Joy.
Shows: Travelers during the first half of quarantine and SELENA the show series on Netflix, and Hamilton on Disney+.
Who were the artists you listened to the most?
Maverick City Music.
Tori Kelly.
Andy Mineo.
What did you Google the most?
I’m really not sure… A lot happened.
Tell us the most surprising thing you heard all year.
That President Trump wouldn’t concede after the election results. That was very shocking.
Where were you when you learned about COVID-19 and how did you respond?
I was at Blue Owl in East Lansing, Michigan hosting the Open Mic in March. Little did I know it would be my last one of the year.
Half the people were talking about Covid-19 and how a state of emergency would soon happen, the other half hadn’t heard the news. A guitarist brought it to my attention. I read something on my phone and that was how I found out.
When I came home, the people I lived with started discussing our action plan. It was overwhelming because I was that person who changed their mind many times throughout COVID19; at first I felt like it was similar to the flu, then I was terrified, then feeling like my mental health mattered more than my physical health, then learning of friends and loved ones who got it around me and I became afraid because I have underlying conditions like asthma. I responded with a spectrum of feelings throughout the journey.
How were you helped and hurt by the pandemic?
Helped: Healing in family.
Helped: Finding my voice and doing things I dreamed of.
Helped: I grew in resiliency. I almost quit my business Vision Success Marketing but instead redefined how we do things and grew.
Help: Saw many people I love show up in such profound ways. And admired the strength and love for many others around me.
Hurt: Loosing some family.
Hurt: I guess you can say I’m working on a broken heart. Loosing things I dreamed of and loved.
Hurt: Made me very sad and angry at how people were not treated equally or fairly. The hatred in this world was very troubling.
Hurt: Created a lot of questions I still do not have answers to.
Hurt: Facing myself.
Help: Growing in awareness of self.
Help: I sat with people from all sides and it didn’t kill me, instead it built me.
Help: I love myself and others better than I did before 2020.
Did you vote?
Yes. It is so important. I know how important it is to do so, and so absolutely I did.
Did 2020 cause you to value your life and the lives of others more than you did already?
I’ve always valued the life of others.
But I think this made me value peoples’ souls greater. What’s in peoples’ hearts greater. And what’s my position to create change on this side of life?
I found myself changing my quality of life by forgiving people. But I also found myself growing in self-love, and as a result I could love others differently.
What can we expect from you here in 2021?
You can expect me to elevate others voices by releasing more episodes of “Voices”. |THIS.
[By Mr. Joe Walker]
