Meet Alesandra Álvarez

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Alesandra Álvarez. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Alesandra below.

Hi Alesandra, great to have you with us today and excited to have you share your wisdom with our readers. Over the years, after speaking with countless do-ers, makers, builders, entrepreneurs, artists and more we’ve noticed that the ability to take risks is central to almost all stories of triumph and so we’re really interested in hearing about your journey with risk and how you developed your risk-taking ability.

I think the ability to take risks wasn’t something I developed intentionally—it was more like something I stumbled into out of necessity. What I’ve realized over time is that the key for me is making the decision before the doubt has time to show up. If I wait too long, fear creeps in and starts asking all the wrong questions. But if I move when the impulse is still alive—when the voice inside me is clear—then I’m already in motion, and there’s no turning back.

I’d also say that in my case, whenever I feel a strong pull toward something—whether it’s a project, an audition, moving to a new city, or doing anything that scares me—the desire always outweighs the fear. I go for it—terrified, yes—but I do it anyway.

It’s a mix of daring and repetition, I guess. I’ve learned that the first step doesn’t need to feel grand—it just needs to be taken. There’s something almost mechanical about it. Once I commit, the next steps tend to reveal themselves.

As an actor, I take risks all the time—inside the character, I mean. Following impulses, giving everything to a single moment, being willing to fall flat on my face emotionally.

So I’ve come to realize that taking risks in life nourishes my acting, and taking risks in acting nourishes my life. It’s like a muscle I keep training—the muscle of not letting fear crush me.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

Right now, I’m in a very meaningful chapter—one of those moments where everything seems to converge: work, growth, and a deepening sense of purpose.

There’s a project that’s about to come out that’s incredibly special to me—”Dormant memory.” It will be premiering soon, and honestly, I still get emotional thinking about the process. The director, Miguel Ángel Ferreiro, is someone I admire deeply—not just for his vision, or the way he directs and builds the character with me, but for how he writes. There’s something so delicate and raw in his way of capturing emotion, and being invited into that world as an actor has been an honor.

At the same time, I find myself at a sort of creative crossroads. I have several auditions pending and a few projects moving behind the scenes. But what feels most alive for me right now is how my inner process as an actor is evolving. I’m diving deeper into character work than ever before—really asking myself: how do I find truth in every moment?

It’s a beautiful time. Demanding, yes—but beautiful. I’m learning to trust more. To hold space for the uncertainty, and also for the joy of it all. I feel like every day, I’m rediscovering what it means to create something that feels alive.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Looking back, I think the three most impactful things in my journey have been: sensitivity, curiosity and resilience—or maybe more accurately, being stubborn and insistent.

Sensitivity has always been a big part of who I am. For a long time, I thought it was something I had to fix or hide—especially in environments where being “too emotional” wasn’t exactly encouraged. But with time, I realized it’s actually one of my greatest tools. It allows me to connect deeply—with characters, with people, with life. That emotional openness is what gives depth to my work.
One teacher once told me, “Being too sensitive is a beautiful curse.” And over time, I’ve come to understand exactly what they meant.

Resilience, for me, doesn’t look like staying calm or composed all the time. It looks more like being stubborn—refusing to give up even when things get hard or uncertain. I’ve faced a lot of “no’s,” moments of doubt, times when nothing seemed to move. But I kept showing up.

And then there’s curiosity. Honestly, this might be the one that’s carried me the furthest. I’m endlessly curious—about people, about emotions, about why we are the way we are. That curiosity is what keeps me growing. It’s what makes me want to dive deeper into each character, each scene, each layer of the human experience.

What was the most impactful thing your parents did for you?

One of the most impactful things my parents did for me was choosing not to put me into the traditional educational system too early. We lived in the countryside, surrounded by nature, and I was homeschooled for a while before going to an alternative school—which, honestly, was one of the best experiences of my life. It gave me freedom. It taught me to be curious about learning.

Later on, I transitioned into a traditional high school, and even that shift—though challenging at first—ended up being a gift. It taught me adaptability. The way kids relate to each other in an alternative school versus in a regular high school is very different… hahaha.

I went from learning at my own pace, barefoot in nature, to suddenly preparing for exams and fitting into a structure I wasn’t used to. And somehow, both experiences shaped me equally.

What I’m most grateful for is that my parents allowed me to develop outside of the usual parameters. They didn’t rush me. They trusted life—and they trusted me. That quiet, open kind of parenting gave me a strong sense of self. And now, when I look back, I can see how much strength I’ve drawn from that contrast—between freedom and form, intuition and structure.

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