Senior Sober Curator Contributor – New York City
Fashion Designer, Marketing Pro, & Founder of the Break Free Foundation
About Alexandra Nyman, CARC-RPA, RCP, SRCD
Alexandra is a fierce recovery advocate who serves as a volunteer for NAMI NYC (the National Alliance on Mental Illnesses), and uses her platform to break the stigma associated with being a person in recovery. She is also a member of the Parity Coalition through the Legal Action Network, the co-chair for NAMI’s Co-Occurring Illnesses Subcommittee, and a member of the TYSA Coalition. She is a CARC (certified addiction recovery coach), CRPA (certified recovery peer advocate), RCP (Recovery Coach Professional), and a SRCD (She Recovers Coach).
Alexandra is the founder of the Break Free Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for those living with mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders. Break Free offers scholarships for individuals suffering from substance use disorders to attend a treatment facility free of charge. Break Free is best known for their recovery on the runway fundraiser which has models and designers in recovery bring a message of hope and recovery to NYFW (New York Fashion Week)
Her work has been featured in Forbes, Out Magazine, No Kill Magazine, WWD, Business Insider, Yahoo, The Sober Curator, Brides, Green Wedding Shoes, The New York Times, VFiles, and at Six Flags. In addition to her work with the Break Free Foundation, she is a well-known cat lover, a fashion designer, and a strong supporter of the arts. She currently serves as The Sober Curator’s Publisher and her cat, Eve Arya Barbera III, serves as one of the publication’s mascots.
Follow along with Alexandra in all of the digital places & social spaces
- www.breakfreefoundation.org
- @HelloLadyCat on IG
- @WeWillBreakFree on IG
- @HelloLadyCat on X, formerly known as Twitter
- @WeWillBreakFree on X, formerly known as Twitter
- We Will Break Free Facebook page
Resources Are Available
If you or someone you know is experiencing difficulties surrounding alcoholism, addiction, or mental illness, please reach out and ask for help. People everywhere can and want to help; you just have to know where to look. And continue to look until you find what works for you. Click here for a list of regional and national resources.