Julia Alexander graduated from the University of Dundee with a Masters of Social Work and has 20 year’s experience working in the public and charitable sectors. She worked for many years as a Regional Manager in a youth justice charity, delivering youth and parent mentoring services in the Republic of Ireland, introducing prison-based mentoring as well as leading the expansion of mentoring projects across the country. Julia took up the Trailblazers CEO post in November 2021, having been Service Delivery Director since February 2020.