Alexa Silverstein

Honestly, probably helping others is what I love most about my work. I want to make processes efficient for businesses so they can succeed and grow, but what's more important to me is the mental health of lower-level employees. I was that corporate banking analyst who had an entire portfolio to manage and was also doing data work for my team and other teams, because once somebody realizes you know how to do something, it all falls on you in the corporate world. I think it's really important that employees, especially lower-level analysts, are able to focus on their role and develop in their role so they can grow themselves and make their own success story. All these other obstacles get in the way, and I know it can be very overwhelming. Companies can benefit from my services because it takes work off the plate of the workers they hire to do a specific job. Corporate sometimes takes eagerness and turns it into something that really just blows it up. At the end of the day, life is really too short, and we already have to work the vast majority of our time on this planet to live. If you're going to do it, then you might as well be doing the job that you interviewed for, and not wearing 12 other hats and being compensated for maybe half of one. If I can make a difference and an impact on one person, then that is enough for me.

I would like to see more women as data analysts and more women front-facing as consultants. In my experience, women work hard and they're overlooked. I think the world has endless opportunities for men in business, and I would like to make a space and an area for a woman to come in and feel like this is her passion, and this is her project, and she's excited to run with something, and she's excited to be a leader. I think the best community for women is other women, because nobody else understands us the way that we understand each other. I'm passionate about growing a team of women and hopefully inspiring others to join this field and not be afraid of it. That was a common thing in my corporate job - HR would say they kept interviewing women and they didn't want to join the team. That's important to me because our brains are strong, and large, and powerful, and very much capable, and I want to see other women come in and be a part of that space and be confident in that space. It's truly something you can't describe until it is experienced. It really is powerful, especially when you take the men out of it, you take the corporate stomping out of it, and you give people a space to do exactly what they want to do and become exactly who they want to become and exceed in the ways that they want to exceed.

I think in today's day and age, mental health is a big focus, and at the end of the day, life is really too short. We already have to work the vast majority of our time on this planet to live, and if you're going to do it, then you might as well be doing the job that you interviewed for. I think everybody would be happier if everybody was in a situation where they could enjoy their lives a little bit more. If you have to spend your entire life working just to live, then you might as well be doing something that you love, surrounded by people that are also building you up and helping you get to a better place. That's really what it's all about. I want to give people a space to do exactly what they want to do and become exactly who they want to become and exceed in the ways that they want to exceed. Outside of work, spending time with my kids and my family is really important - they take up a lot of my time. Now that summer is near, just being outside is really important to me. I also love to read and knit. My Nana was huge into knitting, and I kind of inherited that from her. She used to watch me, my sisters, and my cousins every single day when we were kids, so we spent a lot of time together, and that is definitely something I like to do and hopefully will be able to pass down to my daughter.