Bonniejean Alford

Bonniejean Alford is an award-winning speaker, visual artist, writer, and actress. Through her speaking engagements and writing of various styles and genres, she guides others to understand identity – their own and society’s. Trademarked as the Identity Guru™, she believes people should know who they are, own it, and then share it boldly and beautifully with the world. This stems from her constant feeling that she didn’t belong, a common trait of members of the Xennial microgeneration. Her solution: the comfortable escape of beautiful music and a lovely bowl of buttered popcorn. 

She founded a specialty communication firm to serves as a creativity coach to clients on their journeys to create novels and other artistic or business endeavors. She launched a publishing company to focus on the identities of new authors and an eclectic catalog of varied genres.

A graduate of Northern Illinois University, Bonniejean writers articles and e-books, and maintains an academic blog devoted to social justice. She hosts a radio show about identity, and teaches college students how to write about sociology. She enjoys photography, dancing, and meeting people. She holds two Master of Art degrees: one in sociology and another in communication. As an active member of Toastmasters, she has won speaking competitions. 

A graduate of Northern Illinois University, Bonniejean writes articles and e-books, and maintains an academic blog devoted to social justice. She hosts a radio show about identity and teaches college students how to write about sociology. She enjoys photography, dancing, and meeting people. She holds two Master of Arts degrees: one in sociology and another in communication. As an active member of Toastmasters, she has won speaking competitions.