You were made
to be whole.

A vision born from lived experience

Xena is a single mother from Inglewood, CA — a former Division I athlete, a flight attendant of 20 years, and a lifelong student of the human spirit. She holds an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies — with concentrations in Critical Thinking, the Psychology of African Americans, and Behavioral Psychology — from Norfolk State University, a proud HBCU. She is currently completing her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. But her most formative education has come from lived experience.

Xena grew up watching family members and friends struggle with addiction, trauma, poverty, and a kind of hopelessness that can feel impossible to name, let alone escape. For years she carried those wounds into her own life — enduring cycles of difficult relationships and depression that felt impossible to break.

Her healing didn’t come from a single source. It came through counseling, music, reading, community, and the courage to explore alternative and holistic ways of caring for herself. Slowly. Intentionally. She built a different life — for herself and for her children.

That transformation is the foundation of The Lighthouse.

Xena created The Lighthouse because she believes healing should feel safe, culturally relevant, and completely your own. She knows firsthand what it means to need support that actually speaks to who you are — your history, your community, your story. Her vision is a space where well-being is an act of resistance, and where every person has access to the kind of care that helps them not just survive, but come alive.

When Xena steps away from the work, you’ll likely find her coaching middle school basketball, singing in her cover band, losing herself in books and the kind of music that moves the soul. She’s a seasoned traveler who believes seeing the world is its own source of healing, a recreational sports enthusiast, and a devoted mother who is joyfully in the thick of raising her children. Rest and self-care are highly prioritized.

In other words — she practices what she preaches.