Influential Woman · Nonprofit
Trinity Brown
Founder and CEO, Noel Alexandria Foundation
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Her Story
About Trinity
Trinity Brown is the Founder and CEO of the Noel Alexandria Foundation, a Bakersfield, California-based nonprofit she established in 2017 to walk alongside families affected by pregnancy and infant loss. She created the organization, named in memory of her daughter Noelle Alexandria, after experiencing a miscarriage and stillbirth herself, and has since built it into a resource that offers comfort kits, financial assistance, counseling referrals, and peer support groups. In leading the foundation for nearly eight years, Brown has overseen staffing, program development, and partnerships with hospitals, public health agencies, and community organizations such as WIC and First 5, while also cultivating relationships with donors and funders that sustain the organization's mission.
Before turning her focus to nonprofit leadership, Brown spent close to two decades working in education, moving from K-12 classrooms into higher education, where she ultimately served for a decade as the Administrative Coordinator for the Counseling Center at California State University, Bakersfield. In that role, she supported a team of counseling faculty and a psychiatrist, managed departmental operations, and worked directly with students navigating mental health needs — experience that laid the groundwork for the compassionate, systems-minded approach she now brings to her nonprofit work. She is a 2006 high school graduate who went on to pursue coursework at CSU Bakersfield, and she has continued building her clinical knowledge through a Mental Health First Aid certification and a grief certification currently in progress.
Brown's contributions to her community extend well beyond the foundation she leads. She serves as a board member for Family Fellowship Church and has sat on the Kern County Public Health Fetal Infant Mortality Review committee since 2019, and she is also a published author, having released her book, The First Noel, chronicling her personal journey through loss, healing, and purpose. Her efforts have earned her recognition as the Remarkable Woman of Bakersfield, a spot at the National Remarkable Woman event, and the 2024 Beautiful Bakersfield Humanitarian Award — honors that reflect a career grounded in faith, transparency, and an unwavering commitment to ensuring no family faces grief alone.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Trinity
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to my ability to remain present for families over the past eight years, having had the privilege of touching and supporting thousands of families during some of their hardest moments. I'm also deeply proud of the strength of my team, our volunteers, and the community support that has allowed the foundation to keep growing and serving.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best advice I've ever received is not to forget about myself. It's important to rest and take care of your own well-being, because the work will always be there. If you don't allow yourself time to refill your own cup, it becomes very difficult to keep giving to others.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would tell young women not to be discouraged. There will be difficult and challenging seasons, but it's important to keep going. Everything tends to fall into place as it should, so don't give up — stay encouraged and keep moving forward.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
One of the biggest challenges in my field is securing enough consistent funding to support and provide resources to the families we serve. Beyond that, there's the ongoing emotional demand of this work and the continued need to raise awareness that pregnancy and infant loss affects far more families than people realize — by some estimates, as many as one in four women.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Faith, trust, honesty, and transparency are the values that guide me most, both with the families I work with and in my personal life. I try to live by the golden rule — treating others the way I would want to be treated — and I hold being present with families in their time of need and bereavement as one of my highest priorities.
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