Bio

Alexis Thomas, like many others in her career path, has always been obsessed with the written word. Just ask her family.

At ten years old, her great grandmother wrote a letter before she passed, offering Alexis a $15 check for a “cold bottle of coke and a taste of a writer’s wage.” (Very funny, Nanny.) Before Alexis knew what she wanted to do, her great grandmother knew what she was meant to do, sitting with her on quiet weekends until their eyes dulled enough to need the sharpening lens of glasses and a warm lamp.

Years later, after inheriting her grandmother’s library, Alexis nurtured and honed a love of language into a career.

“It’s been simple. Like a series of checklists,” She said, “Starting at step one: Read a lot. Step two: Get a degree. Then, an internship, then a job… Then little personal things — learn to ice skate. Write a book. Climb a mountain!

I haven’t done some of those things — looking at you, mountains — but I know it’s a matter of when, not if. When you take grand ideas and force them into boxes you can check off, they stop being daunting. You can take the leap and do what you would otherwise doubt you could.”

Since beginning her career, Alexis has progressed from writing articles to optimizing website content to proofreading and acting as a Communications Assistant Editor for Southwest Airlines Pilots Association. She also manages social media accounts and several pages for a travel agent.