Hello

I’m Shekinah Alegra (she/they), founder of Creative Transformations Consulting and creator of The Allied Workplace training system.

I’m a Portland-based consultant working at the intersection of industrial psychology & organizational development, mental health & wellbeing, and systems change, with a focus on helping workplaces better support neurodivergent, chronically ill, and disabled employees.

My work is rooted in both lived experience and over a decade of nonprofit, community-based, and organizational work. I’ve supported organizations, leaders, and teams navigating burnout, limited resources, and complex systemic challenges—while striving to build cultures that are more inclusive, sustainable, and aligned with their values.

I hold a B.A. in Social Sciences from Portland State University, with a focus spanning social work, industrial-organizational psychology, and the arts, along with a certificate in Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship. My academic and professional work is grounded in understanding both individual experience and organizational systems—and how they interact.

Alongside my consulting work, I am a Theater of the Oppressed facilitator, educator, and artist, drawing from creative, relational, and somatic practices to support real change in how people communicate, collaborate, and lead. I teach community based applied theater work shops and direct Bridges, a community performance showcase that features and highlights lived experiences and artists navigating their own unique experiences of neurdiversity, mental health and wellbeing, and disability.

Through Creative Transformations Consulting, I design tools, trainings, and systems that help bridge the gap between people and the workplaces they move through every day. The Allied Workplace is a practical, relational, scalable system that brings these approaches into everyday workplace practice—one conversation, one shift, and one team at a time.

My Approach

Many organizations want to be more inclusive, supportive, and effective—but there is often a gap between intention and implementation. My work focuses on helping individuals and organizations close that gap.

Practical, not just conceptual

I design experiences that move beyond awareness into real-world application.

Whether through consulting, training, or tools like The Allied Workplace, the focus is always on:

usable strategies
clear communication practices
sustainable systems change

Relational and experiential

Real change doesn’t happen through information alone.

It happens through:

conversation
practice
reflection
shared experience

I integrate methods such as applied theater and group-based learning to create spaces where people can:

try new ways of communicating
explore real workplace dynamics
build skills in real time

This is why roleplay, dialogue, and interactive practice are central to my work—because we learn by doing, not just thinking.

Systems-aware and human-centered

Workplace challenges are rarely just individual—they are systemic.

My approach draws from:

organizational psychology
living systems theory
relational practices
applied theater methodology
community-based research
mental health and trauma awareness
neurodiversity & disability studies

This allows us to look at both:

the individual experience (needs, communication, capacity)
and the systems shaping that experience (policies, culture, expectations)

Grounded in lived experience and equity

I work from an anti-oppression and trauma-responsive lens, recognizing that:

systems are not neutral
people have different access needs and lived realities
inclusion requires more than policy—it requires practice

My work centers:

neurodiversity
disability
chronic illness
mental health
and the broader dynamics of power, access, and belonging

Creative, embodied, and adaptive

At the core of my approach is a belief that:

We need new ways of learning, practicing, and relating in order to create new outcomes

and to build generative shared experiences across teams

I incorporate:

creativity and play
embodied awareness
collaborative problem-solving

Because these approaches:

deepen learning
increase retention
and make change more sustainable

What this means in practice

Whether I’m working with:

an organization navigating burnout and turnover
a manager trying to better support their team
or an employee learning to advocate for themselves

The goal is the same:

To create workplaces where people are not just included—but actually supported, understood, and able to thrive.

Contact

I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.

creativetransformations4teams@gmail.com