Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Alexus Hudson. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alexus, appreciate you joining us today. If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.

I never knew I wanted to change the world but going through some of my life experiences it has made me view the impossible possible, I was someone who originally grew up in a one parent household with my little brother and I had zero resources to finish school and go to school let alone knowledge of ways to get money to go to college these things I thought was never in the cards for me, I always had an interest with how people worked and why they thought the way they did or what was forcing them to behave a certain way but I did not know what career path that would lead me to immediately after graduating high school I worked at nursing home doing CNA work and this job sparked more questions in me more than anything I started to say why do people lose their memory? How is the brain able to slowly break down, with this information I still was not confident to fully pursue surgery so I went to school and graduate with my bachelors in psychology but that still didn’t satisfy my desire to know more about the brain and then one day my university at the time was offering suturing classes, I was scared to do it until I finally went for it and I realized I love this more than life itself this is what really drives a fire inside my body I remember that night I could not even sleep all I wanted to do was go back to learn more and more and then one day my professor she brought in a brain for us to look at and after that I was hooked that’s how I decided I wanted to continue to go to school for surgery but in particular neurosurgery

Alexus, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I’ve been working since the age of 12 taking care of the elderly in my neighborhood they used to pay me $9/hour just to sit with them and keep them company I grew up in a single parent household so finances were always tough but we somehow always found a way to make it even if that meant my mom bringing me and my brother along to her job as a caregiver and experiencing work in healthcare up close I always had a passion for understanding how people worked I just didn’t know how to use that information to create a career path for myself. Now that I know I wanted to pursue a career is surgery that is very cost demanding, over the years I have worked a multiple of job to be able to afford my schooling I was in the United States Air Force as security forces which is basically the federal police where I learned a lot about people but not so much what I was really passionate about, from there I started to invest in rental properties and partnering with Airbnb to rent them out, I did so well others people started to reach out to me that owned homes and condos and asked could I do the same thing for them. At one point I had 5 properties that I was using Airbnb on and earning a second income from. I made it into a whole business with employees but then I had to step back because I had a baby but I still continued in school so now I am just doing social media/influencing work and doing some business contracts here and there to help with costs associated with school

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

The biggest lesson I had to unlearn that was taught to me growing up is to be practical/ be realistic. Coming from humble beginnings it is very rare you hear someone from my old neighborhood growing up to do something record breaking in a good way. Something I was always told was to be realistic when it came to my dreams and what I want to do, find myself a good job and stick with that. The lesson I got from this was to dream as big as the stars will allow you to but actually put a plan in place with the dream not all the time the person you are talking to or who is trying to give you advice has the capacity to hear a dream that takes real courage, sometimes people lack courage and discipline to go after the things they really want in life but that has nothing to do with you and your story, go as far as you possibly want but structure a plan to actually get there, the sky is the limit.

Other than training/knowledge, what do you think is most helpful for succeeding in your field?

If anyone is going to school is inspirations of becoming a surgeon or doing healthcare and also own a business I would say you need to learn that you may not always see the light at the end of the tunnel but that doesn’t mean that the end is near, people don’t understand while studying and going to school you still go through real life issues I had family members die, at least 5 family members died since I’ve been going to school, my baby brother got sent to prison, I got into a car accident, I have my own health problems, I had a baby, throughout all of this I still have to pay bills and keep up with assignments an homework and not all professors will be understanding, when I was in the hospital giving birth I asked for more time on my assignment and I had a female professor just choose to fail me, some people may try to bring you down when all you are trying to do is right but you must believe that there is a light at the end of the tunnel this will not last forever

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Alexusdanielle.med
• Youtube: Lyfbyalexus

Image Credits

Todd Davolos and me (myself)