1/3 go-getter, 1/3 stepford wife, 1/3 feminist - That’s Gillian Alex.

All three qualities make her a true girls’ girl. From the Bay Area, she already knew what city life was like before moving to NYC. And from the minute she touched down she was ready to put the saying “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere” to the test. An alum of Sacramento State and always a lover of the arts, its no wonder that she became an author and spoken word artist.

Realizing that every girl needs a moment to herself to simply get her own mind straight, she launched GirlsTimeOutBlog in 2011. She started posting, purely as a way to hold herself accountable to write, and the “time outs” paid off. The comments roll proved that women were struggling with the same questions. When the comments sections became longer than the posts, she knew she was on to something. Thus her protagonist, Alexa Ross was birthed giving live to her her debut novel Tuesday At Three.

As a way to keep her voice relevant, she launched her first spoken word piece -- PUT SOME RESPECT ON OUR NAME – in January 2017. It is an energetic and amazing poem that speaks to the strength, perseverance, beauty and bravado of Black Women.  She made her Off-Broadway debut, joining the cast of Dimensions as a featured poet and was a 2017 Harlem Arts Festival Artist. She is currently a student a The City College of New York and is published in the 2018 edition of Promethean  - The City College of New York Literary Journal. She will join the M.F.A program in the fall - pursuing a degree in creative writing. 

She continues to perform at venues throughout NYC -   Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyorican Poetry Club, Schomburg Museum, BRIC Arts Media Center,  Rikers Isalnd  and Michael Geffner – Inspired Word NYC.