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title: I Care & Love | Alexis Carra
description: I really want to make a difference & I love supporting my friends, and being grateful for my family and extended families.
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# I CARE & LOVE

### I CARE

I really want to make a difference. My focus has been on children. I care about giving a child not only a place to sleep, eat, and learn, but also opportunities to grow mentally through play, creativity, and imagination. I volunteer at [The Covenant House](http://www.covenanthouse.org/), an organization dedicated to provide housing, education, and career opportunities for homeless young adults across the nation. I support with [Children Mending Hearts](https://childrenmendinghearts.org/), an organization that connects underprivileged children in the US with refugees in Darfur and Congo, and “[City Hearts, Kids Say Yes to the Hearts](http://www.cityhearts.org/),” a program that provides education in dance, singing, and Shakespeare for inner city schools in Los Angeles. I have also been involved with the International Day of the Girl campaign for [UNICEF](https://www.unicefusa.org/).

Which brings me to another vital investment of mine: WOMEN. I care about supporting women to pursue their dreams. I am on the board of [The New Hollywood](http://thenewhollywood.org/), and Head of Content where I manage [our blog](http://www.thenewhollywood.org/blog).

### I LOVE

I love supporting my friends, being grateful for my family and extended families. I love my mentors that continue to guide me, support me, and believe in me; and I love my colleagues who challenge, enrich and inspire me with their talent and purpose. I also love a healthy lifestyle. Stay tuned my blogs on how I maintain a sane mind and healthy body—most of the time!

I currently practice [Vedic](http://thevedacenter.com/) and [Vipassana](http://dhamma.org/) meditation and have completed the 10 day silent retreat. I am definitely a green juice kind of gal, but I also find it is important to enjoy life, so I eat my dark chocolate and enjoy glasses of red wine without over indulging. I am an outdoor exercise lover, so you can usually find me on a trail on any given weekend! Besides dance, I love Pilates and swear by my teacher, Thalia Thomas, and her classically trained Pilates methods and [Studio Soma](http://studiosoma.com/). If it’s not Pilates or hiking, I’m on the yoga mat. I have been practicing yoga since 1999. I am a huge fan of the Ultimate Yogi, [Travis Eliot](http://traviseliot.com/), and have been on several of his retreats.