Alexa Joan Wajed is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Operations Officer of Eat Off Art, a collaborative of artists, educators and entrepreneurs working to build a more empathetic community. She is a born entrepreneur, artist, trained chef, jewelry designer, project manager, and curator while also having the capacity to be the manager and momager in the Wajed household of creatives. Alexa received her bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management and an associates in both Business Administration and Culinary Arts and has studied in Switzerland and Positano, Italy. A dynamic artist, creative change-agent, and activist in her own right, Alexa is a caregiver and enjoys helping people understand and adopt healthy eating habits through food education and cooking demos. Her catchphrase is “Make Vegetables the Star of your Plate,” encouraging people, especially members of the Black and brown communities to add more vegetables to their daily meals. The path to better health is through better eating habits and staying active. She is a mentor to young entrepreneurs and artists encouraging them to express themselves authentically while gaining all of the tools and business acumen necessary to succeed.

As a visual artist Alexa enjoys creating abstract line art along with unique hand painted earrings called “Fleathers,” which are sold online and in a few local gift shops and galleries. She is socially engaged through non-profit organizations including her own, Cultrue, Inc.