About Me — Alexandra Walker-Jones
By: Alexandra Walker-Jones
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Bio

“I am a very messy person by all accounts. My handwriting is a mess, my bedroom floor is a mess, and my hair — curly and with a considerable amount of frizz to it — is a mess.” — Excerpt from 7 Lessons From an Organized Messy Person to You

To most of my friends, I go by Alex.

I am 21 years old — a February baby and a fellow Aquarian for those of you who might be into astrology — and I was born in Hendersonville, Tennessee, but have spent most of my life moving back and forth between the UK and The United States.

Growing up between the English countryside and the American country (hello 7 years of education in Alabama!) has played such a fundamental role in shaping who I am as a person that to ask me to choose between the two sides of me, would be impossible. In case you were wondering, my accent is somewhere in between RP, and General American English — but this all depends on who exactly I’m speaking to, you see.

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Currently, I reside in London, with January officially marking the completion of the university degree that I originally moved here three years ago for. I have always been a writer, but the decision to study Psychology and Political Science was made with the pursuit of forming connections in mind. These are the areas that connect us all (at least in my mind), after all.

I’m very pleased to report that life in London is everything you could imagine it is. For starters, you won’t find two people alike; the richness of cultural diversity that exists within this magical city is unmatched. Everything you do is tinged with the excitement of being so small among the tall buildings and the tens of thousands of people living their own lives, and although Londoners are notorious for being hostile, my experience thus far has only lent itself to a conclusion on the contrary.

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I, myself, am mostly known for being happy, independent, sociable, and passionate. I can talk for hours upon hours about anything theoretical, complexly scientific, or ever so slightly mystical. I love to learn and I am rather easily excitable in this way.

“A good friend once described me as being peculiarly down-to-earth for someone with their head so perpetually up in the clouds. I remember laughing, feeling both amused at his creative thought, as well as rather delightedly taken aback by the feeling of being so well summed-up in so few words.” — Excerpt from 7 Mental-Heath Preserving Tips from an Introverted Extrovert Living in One of the Busiest Cities in the World

I’ve been an ethical vegan for nearly 5 years, and out of the necessity to better understand the mechanisms that drive positive social change, I have committed myself to becoming an expert in related areas such as health, nutrition, cognitive psychology, the environment, plant-based business, sociology, consumer ethics, and the vegan lifestyle. Subsequently, these are the most common themes of my writing (see below!)

As far as my career goes, I have been lucky enough to always combine my skills as a writer with my areas of explicit interest. I have created content for Vegan Fashion Week, in LA. I’ve helped restaurants and international health and wellness corporations transition to serving plant-based food, taking on both a consultancy and researcher role. I’ve also done freelance writing for politics and ethics magazines, and I am only just beginning to explore what this amazing innovative community on Medium has to offer — watch this space!

P.S. if you know anyone who might like to hire me for a writing/editing/plant-based consulting/researching role, I’m accustomed to wearing multiple different hats, and am currently accepting all offers of post-undergrad employment ;)

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With that said, I’m very much so just trying to do my best and learn as I go! I am acutely aware of my flaws and genuinely do my best to make peace with them. I am clumsy, and forgetful, and perpetually 30 minutes early to every event I attend out of stark fear of arriving late. I can be bossy, and a bit of a control freak, and although I can give excellent life advice to others, I’m not always the best at taking it, in return.

“Half of the time I’m pretending to know what I’m doing, and the other half I’m not even bothered enough to pretend. At no point whatsoever do I actually know what I’m supposed to be doing.” — Excerpt from No-One Ever Told Me Beetroot Was Sweet

In my free time (i.e. when I tell myself I’m supposed to be writing), I love to read (all different genres), watch thriller movies (but never alone!), cook new vegan recipes (while taking way too long snapping pictures for IG), dance in public (and private, of course), and do absolutely anything that involves quality time with the people I cherish.