Check Out Alexandra Ribeiro’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Alexandra Ribeiro.

Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I come from a very culturally rich background that has deeply shaped both my music and modeling career. My mother immigrated from Brazil to New York when she was young, making me a first-generation American, and creativity has always been part of my family. On my mother’s side, there is a strong artistic and musical influence rooted in Brazilian culture, with family history connected to Portugal and Spain.

On my father’s side, I grew up around Puerto Rican, Cuban, and bachata influences, which gave me a deep love for rhythm, emotion, performance, and storytelling through music. My grandfather was a drummer for Tito Puente, so music has truly been part of my lineage for generations. I also come from Native American and Polish roots on my father’s side, with part of my family escaping war and rebuilding their lives elsewhere.

Because of this mix of cultures and histories, I always felt connected to many different worlds at once. I’ve always considered myself a lover of the world, deeply inspired by people, culture, travel, music, fashion, and human connection. In many ways, I spent years trying to understand where I fit in because I had never really met someone with a story quite like mine.

When I was 21, I lost my brother, who was one of the most important people in my life. That experience completely changed my perspective and became a major turning point for me emotionally and creatively. It pushed me to stop living in fear and fully go after my dreams. I started traveling more, searching for meaning, connecting with different cultures, and building a life centered around creativity and purpose.

That journey eventually led me to places like Tel Aviv and Los Angeles, where I continued pursuing both music and modeling while meeting incredible artists and creatives along the way. I studied at Rimon University while developing my artistry, and professionally I’ve had the opportunity to train as a Coco Rocha alumna, work on published projects, and continue building my path in both fashion and music.

Today, music and modeling have become therapeutic forms of expression for me a way to tell my story, share my experiences, and connect emotionally with people from all different backgrounds. My dream through all of this is to show people that you can come from very humble beginnings and still build something beautiful, meaningful, and inspiring for the future.

As the daughter of immigrants, I’ve always believed in the beauty of multicultural connection and the idea that people from completely different backgrounds can come together, inspire one another, and build community. I love the idea of a world where someone from Puerto Rico can connect with someone from China, Dubai, Brazil, Israel, or anywhere else — where culture becomes something that unites people rather than separates them. In many ways, the United States gave that dream a voice for me.

Ultimately, I want my work to represent resilience, individuality, creativity, and hope and to remind people that our differences, stories, and cultures are often the very things that make us powerful.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It definitely has not been an easy road. I think going after your dreams and ambitions .the things you truly feel called to do in life — takes one of the greatest forms of courage a person can have. It requires a huge amount of self-reflection, resilience, and faith in yourself, especially during moments where you feel uncertain or afraid of failure.

For me, one of the biggest turning points was losing my brother when I was 21. Experiencing that kind of loss completely changed the way I viewed life. It made me realize how short and fragile life truly is, and how any of us can lose time without warning. Of course there’s fear in pursuing creative dreams like music and modeling, but for me, the bigger fear became the idea of one day being 50 or 60 years old and realizing I never fully went after the life I dreamed of because I was too scared to try.

I didn’t come from affluence or a highly connected background. My mother immigrated from Brazil and worked incredibly hard to build a life for our family. She cleaned houses, worked as a nanny, and sacrificed so much so we could have opportunities. Watching her work ethic, strength, and determination became one of the greatest inspirations of my life.

There have been many struggles along the way .emotionally, financially, creatively, and personally. The modeling and music industries can be incredibly vulnerable spaces, especially when you’re building things independently and learning everything as you go. I’ve made mistakes, faced rejection, questioned myself, and experienced moments of instability and fear. But I’ve also found myself getting back up again and again. I’ve become very relentless when it comes to protecting my vision, my creativity, and the future I’m trying to build for myself.

At the end of the day, my goal is bigger than just success for myself. I want to show people .especially children of immigrants and people who feel like they come from nothing . that it’s possible to completely change your circumstances. That it’s possible to move across the country, pursue music, pursue modeling, take risks, reinvent yourself, and build a beautiful life through hard work, creativity, and belief in your vision.

More than anything, my biggest inspiration is my mother. She has invested so much of herself into my dreams from the very beginning — emotionally, financially, and personally. She always believed in my music and modeling career, especially modeling, even during moments where I doubted myself or didn’t fully see my own potential yet. She continued pushing me to keep trying and keep believing in myself.

A huge part of why I continue pursuing my dreams is because I want to give back to her one day. Of course this is my dream, but it’s also about showing my mother that all of her sacrifices, belief, and investment in me meant something. She spent so much of her life taking care of me, and one of my biggest goals is to one day be able to take care of her in return and make her proud.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I’m a model, but more than anything, I consider myself an artist and a creative visionary. Modeling for me has never just been about standing in front of a camera it’s about storytelling, emotion, energy, and creating a world around an image or concept.

In the beginning of my career, I approached modeling more traditionally through castings and trying to fit into existing spaces. Over time, though, I realized my strongest work comes from building concepts from my own imagination and bringing the visions in my head into reality. Whether it’s fashion, music, visual storytelling, or brand collaborations, I love creating imagery that makes people feel something emotionally.

For example, when I created my Chanel-inspired concept, I already had a full cinematic vision in my mind of how I wanted it to feel visually and emotionally. That’s what excites me the most not just being the face of something, but helping shape the atmosphere, emotion, aesthetic, and story behind it. I love being in front of the camera, speaking, performing, filming, and creating moments where people can truly connect to a feeling.

Although I haven’t officially released my music yet, music has always been one of the deepest parts of who I am. Songwriting became a way for me to process life experiences, grief, trauma, love, identity, and transformation. Instead of allowing difficult experiences to consume me, I’ve tried to channel them into art. My hope is that one day my music and creative work can inspire other people to express themselves honestly and transform their own experiences into something meaningful too.

A huge part of what sets me apart is how deeply inspired I am by culture, travel, and identity. My Brazilian roots are one of my greatest inspirations creatively the emotion, warmth, rhythm, sensuality, music, movement, and passion within Brazilian culture influence so much of my artistic vision. I’m also deeply inspired by my Puerto Rican, Cuban, Native American, and European roots, as well as my experiences living abroad in places like Tel Aviv AND RIO and experiencing major life events that changed my perspective on the world.

All of those experiences have shaped me into someone who sees creativity as something deeply emotional, multicultural, cinematic, and human. I think what makes me different is that I don’t see modeling, music, fashion, or storytelling as separate things to me, they are all connected. I’m building a world, a feeling, and a larger artistic vision rooted in emotion, culture, resilience, femininity, and imagination and most important unity no matter what ,color , religion or background you come from we all have passion .

We’d love to hear about how you think about risk taking?
My parents both came from very difficult and hardworking backgrounds, and I think that shaped the way they raised me. My mother grew up in Brazil in a family with five children, often sharing rooms and living very modestly. My father grew up in the Bronx and experienced foster care growing up, which brought its own challenges and instability.

Because of everything they went through, I think a lot of their parenting came from fear and protection. More than anything, they didn’t want their children to struggle or suffer the way they did. They wanted safety, stability, and security for us.

But I think their experiences also had the opposite effect on me in some ways. It made me want to experience everything life had to offer. It made me curious about the world, creativity, travel, music, fashion, and taking chances on myself. And honestly, I’ve fallen on my face many times while trying to pursue those dreams. I’ve made mistakes, taken risks, doubted myself, and had moments where I felt completely lost.

At the same time, those experiences taught me something really important: on the other side of fear is usually growth, opportunity, transformation, and the life you’re actually meant to live. I’ve learned that some of the most meaningful moments in my life came after I took a leap that terrified me.

So even though fear never fully disappears, I no longer see it as a sign to stop. I see it as a sign that I’m stepping outside of my comfort zone and moving closer toward the person I want to become.

Pricing:

• Currently open to: Modeling opportunities Brand collaborations & UGC campaigns Creative direction & visual storytelling projects Music collaborations Editorial, fashion, and lifestyle campaigns

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandraribeiro.official/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561153387817&mibextid=LQQJ4d
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Alexandraribeiro.official/shorts
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexandrawilliams/words-by-alexandra?ref=thirdParty&p=i&c=1&si=732DA1C9337644F8B92A4E840C23CC77&utm_source=thirdParty&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@ellieribo