Meet Alexia Rosa

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Alexia Rosa a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alexia , we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?

I was very young when I moved to Paris. I had grown up in a very small town in the middle of nowhere and the next thing I knew I moved with half of my family to a different country. It was a culture shock for me to be in a place that spoke a different language and went about life differently. It was especially hard to be away from my mother who had stayed back in New Hampshire. My brother and I were mostly alone while my father worked and I had to really push past the difficulties of feeling isolated when it came to my younger brother. He was very young, about seven years old when we moved and I was only ten. I had to step into that mother role for him and help him through the sadness and the feeling of alienation. The school I went to was public and I was in a class for refugee students where they would yell at me in french all day until I could finally understand. It took about eight months for it to fully get through. Luckily for me, I was already fluent in Spanish which made it easier to learn the french language, but it was a struggle. That is when I learned what resilience meant. That’s when I learned how to put past the isolation I felt in this incredibly big city, a place that truly made me see how insignificant and small I was. I had to push past that uncomfortable feeling and learn how to adjust to change. I learned how important it was and it impacted who I became.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

I write stories. No matter the project: albums, novels, film soundtracks, or screenplays, I tell stories. The most exciting part of it is watching the plot unfold, finding new creative ways to explore my imagination with the things around me that inspire me. I draw my inspiration from the experiences I live through, the places I travel to, and the people I get to know. It is exciting when a new idea comes to me, whether its a melody or an idea for a movie.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

The three most important areas of knowledge that were the most impactful in my journey would be the knowledge of the world, knowledge of who I am as a person, and the knowledge of languages. I have traveled extensively throughout my life and had the opportunity to live many places. This taught me humility, patience, curiosity, courage, and how to adapt to different cultures. I would suggest to anyone that it is important to travel the world and to expand your horizon. Knowing who I was as a person was important for me because I learned what I wanted out of life and I planned on how I could achieve it. It led me to become the best version of myself and how my artistic career could further flourish from this. Finally, the knowledge of languages gave me the opportunity to speak and get to know people I would never otherwise be able to talk to. There is so much wisdom and life lessons to be learned but sometimes the inability to speak with other people makes it difficult. Learning new languages gave me the chance to speak with people from all over the world. It expanded my creativity and it constantly inspires me in my artistic career.

Okay, so before we go, is there anyone you’d like to shoutout for the role they’ve played in helping you develop the essential skills or overcome challenges along the way?

I have had many challenges in my life and every single time I question myself whether what I am doing is worth it. It is easy to get overwhelmed in the unforgiving career of film scoring and being a writer, but the most helpful people in my life have been my parents. They gave me the courage and the strength to be where I am today. If it hadn’t been for them then I would never have had even the chance to try. They taught me determination, how to be a hard worker, and how to get what I wanted out of life. They also taught me to have confidence in myself and how to never let anyone dampen who I was. They have always been there for me even when I have had to overcome difficult challenges and to this day I can’t imagine how my life would have been without them and their support. They showed me the world and explored it with me, taught me languages that will stay with me forever. They gave me the courage and the patience to start my artistic career and to expand it. For that, I will be forever grateful.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.alexiarosamusic.com/
• Instagram: @alexiajrosa
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexiajrosa/

Image Credits

Laura Gutierrez