Nov 26, 2021
Alexis Lenderman-Black has dual degrees in Entrepreneurship
and Global & International Studies with minors in nonprofit
leadership and political science. Black is a serial entrepreneur,
bestselling author, and Keynote speaker. Black founded The
Scholarship Expert, a scholarship coaching in 2016 to assist
students in graduating college debt-free. She co-published the
award-winning, bestselling book Redefining Normal: How Two Foster
Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness, and
Love.
Alexis spent several years in the foster care system before
aging out and being adopted as an adult. She has served in several
roles supporting current and former foster youth including as a
National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) Reviewer.
Additionally, she has studied abroad in eight different programs
focusing on international marketing, humanitarianism, political
theory and more. She hopes that through challenging others,
accountability and inspiration, she can help to change the
narrative of families and communities.
Justin Black is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and
keynote speaker. With his wife, he published the bestselling book
Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered
Healing, Happiness, and Love. The Redefining Normal book
transformed into a company where Justin and his wife host
workshops, presentations, keynote speeches, and produce products to
continue the conversation surrounding trauma, healthy
relationships, foster care, and mental health. He has also
developed policy recommendations while working with the National
Black Child Development Institute resulting in a publication titled
The State of the Black Child Report Card: Washington State. Black
studied urban and community development as well as a political and
economic philosophy in countries such as Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal,
and South Korea.