About Us

Step into Your Moxie is a certified woman-owned and disability-owned business. We excel at showing executives, business leaders, and consultants how to communicate powerfully – particularly during high-stakes conversations, presentations, and in written communication.
Step into Your Moxie is a woman-owned business that shows leaders, consultants, and changemakers how to master high-stakes communication.

Our ‘secret sauce’ is teaching leaders, and those who develop them, how to develop the mindset and skill set to be present with the discomfort that often comes up when speakingespecially during high-stakes communication.

Light on theory and rooted in hands-on practice, our coaching, training, messaging, and certification programs ensure our clients can walk into any room, conversation, or onto any stage and speak up for themselves, their important ideas, and call people to take action.

When you step into your moxie, you provide a pathway and permission for others to do the same.

Step into Your Moxie is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to creating safety and belonging for people from all backgrounds. This includes those who identify as women or non-binary, people of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disabilities, and people recovering from trauma and living with chronic illnesses.

Our Core Values

Unapologetic Truth Telling

Create Aha Moments

Share the "Mess" in the Message

Self-Compassion Fuels Mastery

Go for the Holy Yes

Elevate Marginalized Voices

We have developed and delivered programs for organizations such as:

AFWERX

American Society for Association Executives (ASAE)

Aristocrat Technologies

Association for Talent Development (ATD)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) 

Calsense

City of Las Vegas

City National Bank

Czarnowski

Dignity Health

Global Gaming Women

Gymboree

Google

International Coach Federation (ICF)

Junior League

LeasePlan

Medtronic

MGM Resorts

Nevada State Bank

PACCAR

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Twinings of London

United Nations

U.S. Department of the Interior, BLM

Vegas Chamber

Veteran Benefits Guide

Vistage Worldwide

Women Presidents Organization

Workforce Connections

Zappos

Zurich North America

Meet Our People

Alexia Vernon

Founder and CEO

(She/Her/Hers)

Dubbed a “Moxie Maven” by President Obama’s White House Office of Public Engagement for her unique and effective approach to high-stakes communication and leadership development, Alexia Vernon is a sought-after advisor to executives, senior leadership teams, entrepreneurs, coaches, and consultants who want to speak with an unshakeable presence, sell their ideas, navigate daring conversations, develop high performing teams, advance their thought leadership, and make a lasting positive social impact. Alexia has supported thousands of leaders and speakers through her Step into Your Moxie® corporate offerings, online training, live events, mastermind, and certification programs.

Since winning the Miss Junior America competition, Alexia has delivered transformational programs for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, government and educational institutions, professional associations, the United Nations, and she is a TEDxWomen speaker. Alexia has contributed to media such as CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, Inc.com, European Business Review, and Women’s Health Magazine.

Alexia is the author of multiple books including Step into Your Moxie: Amplify Your Voice, Visibility, and Influence in the World (New World Library and Penguin Random House Audio). She is also the creator of the popular LinkedIn Learning course, Communicating to Drive People to Take Action.

With a background in women’s studies, drama education, and improv, prior to launching her own consulting company in 2007, Alexia developed and led professional development and social justice programs for various nonprofit, arts, and educational institutions, and she has taught women’s studies, public speaking, theatre, and improv for multiple colleges. 

Alexia completed Coach U’s Core Essentials and Advanced Coaching Programs. She is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), Nevada International Women’s Forum (IWF), Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Women’s Council, and she is a Past President of International Coach Federation (ICF) Nevada and Association for Talent Development (ATD) Greater Las Vegas.

A former wildlife biologist and environmental justice educator with vast experience leading environmental consulting projects and teams, Stephen manages Step into Your Moxie corporate engagements, client care, and certification.

As comfortable in the kitchen as he is behind a camera, Stephen also facilitates media production for Step into Your Moxie live events and oversees photography, speaker reels, and branding materials for Step into Your Moxie thought leadership clients.

Stephen Oliveira

COO

(He/Him/His)

Gabriella Souza

Head Of Content Writing

(She/Her/Hers)

Gabriella Souza leads the Messaging Studio and content writing services for Step into Your Moxie. She has more than 15 years of experience creating and editing content for organizations and publications across the United States. She began her career as a journalist and received local and national awards for her work before continuing her career in marketing. She also has an MFA in creative writing and is currently at work on a novel.

Step into Your Moxie is supported by an international team of consultants who serve our clients and empower our operations.