Mentoring
An experience-informed partnership offering guidance, perspective, thoughtful challenge, and honest reflection.
There are moments when questions aren’t just about what to do next, but how to think
about what’s happening — and who you want to be as you move forward.
Mentoring offers a space to step back, gain perspective, and think strategically about career direction, leadership choices,
and next steps — grounded in real-world experience.
This work is for people who value context, nuance, and lived insight, and who want a partner who can reflect back what they see, name patterns, and offer grounded perspective shaped by real-world experience.
Clients often use mentoring to clarify their next career move, strengthen their professional voice, navigate complex transitions, or make decisions they don’t want to make alone.
1 hr
200 US dollars
Professionals navigating career transitions
Including those stepping into new roles, changing industries or countries, taking on broader responsibility, or clarifying the next step in their career.
Coaches
Who want to take their practice to the next level, integrate coaching skills into other professional identities (such as HR, consulting, or Learning & Development), or find their own voice in a new or evolving profession.
Women working in male-dominated environments
Who want to develop and use their authentic voice with confidence, clarity, and credibility in contexts where visibility, influence, and decision-making carry real weight.
How mentoring is different
Mentoring is not coaching — and it’s not consulting.
Mentoring adds an experience-informed lens. I may share observations, reflections, or perspectives drawn from my own professional and international journey — always thoughtfully, and always in service of your goals.
This is a collaborative partnership where:
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You bring your questions, challenges, and ambitions
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I bring experience, perspective, thoughtful challenge, and honest reflection
There are no scripts or formulas. The value comes from dialogue, sense-making, and perspective you don’t have to generate alone.
Mentoring format
Mentoring is offered as individual 1:1 sessions, which can be used:
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As standalone conversations
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Or as part of an ongoing, flexible mentoring relationship
When this is a good fit
Mentoring is particularly valuable for professionals, coaches, and leaders navigating meaningful decisions, responsibility, and transition — moments when experience-informed perspective matters as much as reflection.
This work often resonates with:
Experience, approach, and perspective
behind the work
My perspective as a mentor is shaped by 15 years of global experience across HR, Talent, and Organizational Development, often in environments where decisions carried real consequences and there was little room for theory without practice. I’ve held senior leadership roles, built and evolved an active coaching practice, and navigated multiple professional reinventions of my own — sometimes at the same time.
I’ve navigated my share of high-stakes conversations — negotiating roles, redefining scope, and sometimes helping create positions that didn’t exist yet because the standard path wasn’t the right fit. That experience shapes how I support clients who are navigating change and designing what’s next, instead of settling for what’s already available.
Alongside experience, this work is supported by deep and ongoing professional training in leadership and coaching with leading international institutions. I hold multiple certifications and accreditations, including Professional Certified Coach by International Coaching Federation, Master Executive Intelligent Leadership® Coach, and Embodiment Coach. These were not pursued as credentials for their own sake, but to build a practical, flexible toolbox I can draw from and share with my clients — adapting the approach to what they actually need, not forcing a single model.
I also serve as faculty in ICF-accredited coaching programs, where I teach and mentor future generations of coaches.
I’ve lived through career transitions across countries, and industries, while also sitting on the other side of the table in recruitment, talent strategy, and leadership selection. That dual perspective matters. It means I understand not just how careers should work, but how they actually unfold — what decision-makers look for, where people get stuck, and how credibility is built (or lost) in real situations.
This combination of my own lived transitions, leadership experience, and coaching and consulting work with clients from over 35 countries allows me to offer mentoring that is both strategic and practical. The focus is on helping you think clearly, make grounded choices, and move forward with intention — with guidance that’s honest, applicable in a way that fits who you are and the realities you’re navigating.
One thing that really stands out about Alex’s style is how she effortlessly helps me discover things about myself while also opening my mind to new perspectives.
Senior Community Based Protection Assistant, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Hend Elbadry
Working with Alexandra has been one of the most transformative professional experiences of my career. Her feedback is precise, constructive, and grounded in evidence, helping me not only achieve results but replicate them over time.
Digital Lead
Taras Zhalimbetov
In a moment of crisis, Alexandra provided real-time support, clarity, and grounding that helped me regain confidence, protect my reputation, and navigate critical conversations with leadership.
Head of Cultural Projects, Center for Public Diplomacy
Liubov Kapustina
Learning with Alexandra became a turning point in my journey. After those sessions, I felt a new sense of confidence and a clear understanding that the goal I had set for myself was achievable, and that I could move forward toward ICF accreditation with calm and clarity.
Professional Coach & Adviser
David Yavruyan
Alexandra played a critical mentoring role in my transition into management at a defining point in my career.
Operations Manager
Jose Paz
As a new leader, Alexandra helped me stay true to my values while stepping into leadership. Her guidance gave me clarity, confidence, and a trusted space to reflect and grow.
Lead Engineer
Matthew Sauka
I highly recommend her services for those who are searching for a skilled guide who can help them with a personal or professional break through.
Founder, Kyo Sanacion
Sofia Dugas
Thanks to Alex, I gained clarity and confidence, distinguishing societal expectations from my own vision.
Executive Assistant, Finastra
Elizaveta
In a supportive, safe, yet challenging space, Alexandra helped me uncover blind spots, gain deep clarity, and walk away with confidence and a clear, actionable path forward.
Data, Planning and Results Management Associate, UN Women
Raghda ElSayed
Alex’s integration of embodiment techniques into coaching is a true differentiator.
Actor, Creative Director
Nicolás Sáenz Galvis
Her coaching on posture and embodiment had a noticeable impact on both how I show up and how I am perceived by others.
Associate Director, ArsenalBio
Alba Gonzales
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During my 1:1 work with Alex I got the clarity I was craving for.
Instructional Designer, Global Learning Experience
Arlyn Barboza
I’m deeply grateful for Alexandra’s contribution to my development as a coach. Our work strengthened my confidence, clarified the coaching process, and improved how I support clients who tend to lose focus.
Student, CoachingUp University
Ivan Matyunin
Not sure whether mentoring is the right step right now?
Sometimes the next step isn’t an answer —
it’s a conversation.
Many clients start with a conversation. We can explore your context and see whether working together makes sense
No commitment. No pressure.
Prefer to write instead? You’re welcome to send a message directly.
30 min
Considering this for someone else?
Coaching & Mentoring Access Passes are available for those who want to offer meaningful 1:1 support to a friend, partner, or colleague navigating a transition.