Alexandra Vassilaros

Founder & Workshop Facilitator

In 2016, one year after the passing of her husband of 23 years, Alexandra pivoted from writing for the theater and founded the Make Meaning Workshop.

She’s led MAKE MEANING WORKSHOPS for many notable organizations, including NYC's The Bowery Mission, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, ARTYARD, The Brooklyn VA, Harlem Wellness Center, and Bevival.

Alexandra's work in the theater is extensive. Her plays were commissioned and premiered at American theatres On and Off-Broadway, as well as in featured international festivals. She was the winner of a Jefferson Award for Best New Play at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and was a co-finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play, Omnium Gatherum. She’s been a guest artist at premier theater institutions such as Juilliard and New York University.

Alexandra has worked with hundreds of women, men and young adults facing the challenges that loss, crisis, and change inevitably bring.

She is the mother of 3 wonderful young men.

Alexandra Aller

Marketing Manager & Biz Dev

Alexandra is a marketing professional, author and freelance writer with nearly a decade of experience across the wellness, entertainment, music and literary industries.

In 2020, inspired by her past-life in pop music signed to SONY Records, she released, Building You Up, a novel with a corresponding original musical soundtrack about teen grief and mental health. It was featured in V magazine, Juiced Zine, and the CW’s Hit Show Nancy Drew. It is now available online and in select bookstores in NYC, LA and more.

She has the privilege and honor to work for platforms and organizations that fuel her passion for writing. In addition to Make Meaning Workshop, she contributes articles to mental wellness focused platforms and is working on her next upcoming fiction novel.