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QUEEN ALEXIS (BFA)

Trailblazing in Business and Academics: Queen Alexis Awarded 2024 Best Youthpreneur Black Excellence Award

As a child, Queen Alexis was drawn to the idea of being an educator. Inspired by a teacher who instilled in her a profound sense of belonging and confidence, Queen decided early on that she wanted to create the same transformative impact for others in her community and beyond. By 2013, she turned that vision into a reality by founding Queen’s Academy of the Arts, a performing arts dedicated to empowering children through creative expression.

Fast forward to 2024, Queen received the prestigious Best Youthpreneur Black Excellence Award from the Black Business Association of British Columbia (BBABC). This award, which awards an entrepreneur under the age of 29 whom has taken the reigns of entreprenurship and is running an amazing business, celebrates Queen’s incredible journey as a trailblazing entrepreneur. And the most exciting thing of all? She has no plans of slowing down anytime soon.