Summary
Alessandra Laurent is a fundraising and operations professional who blends eight years of nonprofit, arts, and startup experience to strengthen organizations through efficient systems, strategic grantwriting, and audience-centered programming. Based in Los Angeles, she currently supports the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival while coaching financial advisors at Poseidon to craft authentic video content that builds client trust at scale. A classically trained performer with conservatory training and international credits, she leverages her performance background to create compelling narratives for fundraising, branding, and community engagement. She has grown user panels and led marketing efforts at early-stage startups, bringing a data-informed, systems-minded approach to creative work. Comfortable juggling large-scale events, complex stakeholder relationships, and tight timelines, Alessandra excels at translating artistic missions into measurable impact. Less obvious: her interdisciplinary studies in linguistics and humanities give her a knack for decoding audience language and shaping messages that resonate across cultures.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Taipei American School
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Major in Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Major in Psychology at Bowdoin College
2-yr Certificate Acting & Musical Theatre Professional Workshop, 2-yr Certificate Acting & Musical Theatre Professional Workshop at Circle in the Square Theatre School
Linguistics & Dance, Linguistics & Dance at Columbia University
CPES (Cycle Pluridisciplinaire d'Études Supérieures) - Filière Humanités, CPES (Cycle Pluridisciplinaire d'Études Supérieures) - Filière Humanités at PSL Research University
English, French, Chinese, Italian