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S5 E24: Identity Crises and How to Create Living Brands with Alejandra McPherson


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Alejandra is the strategist and designer behind Ale Now Design. She specializes in creating brands with humanity, emotion, and storytelling because she believes business is personal. Alejandra is Peruvian and migrated to the United States when she was 18. She believes this fact has made her identity issues even harder living between two spaces. Not fully belonging to either world, has made her feel like she needs to "fit in" or "choose one" when in reality, she’s learned it is a matter of celebrating her own uniqueness and finding ways to live her "own way.” In this episode we talk about that identity crisis and how it’s impacted the way she creates brands.

Guest Information:
Guest Name: Alejandra MacPherson
Guest Business Name: Ale Now Design
Guest Website: alenowdesign.com
Guest Instagram: @ale_now_design

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Special thanks to our producer Jon from Wayfare Recording Co.

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