Paragon of Sublime Regality, Alli Slater is best known by her sobriquet “Empress AK, a beautifully complex paradox; her name evokes- elegance and grit, royalty and rawness. The West-Indian native is an enigma, as mysterious as she is meticulous. Professionally, she is a compassionate and attentive Pediatric Speech Pathologist with a degree in Psychology. She serves inner city children, youths and advocates for black and brown families in the areas of literacy, receptive, expressive language and feeding therapy, all while using culturally sensitive and relative materials and approaches.

As an Entrepreneur, she displays a true Gift of Artistry as a model and stylist, restoring the Glory of Indigenous Sensual Opulence with her business Empressive Finds, a collection of lovingly curated jewelry, headwraps, and accessories that make Goddesses of women every day. 

Known as a cultural muse and influencer…

Known as a cultural muse and influencer, Empress AK is also a moving motivational speaker. Her style of communication is a fiery eloquence, focused impassionedly on race relations, personal development, normalisation of traditional relationship models, and Femininity. Emphatically an Pan Africanist, Alli has a sensitive discernment of the need for unity and restoration among Diasporic communities, and the impact her very being has through her Essence is life-changing. She electrifies as much by her sincerity as by her subtlety: she embodies the True Power of a Black Woman to change self and ultimately our environment.

Authentic, she wears many faces, each one of them humble yet indefatigably confident. Alli, Empress AK, is a Womanist empowered by her profound spiritual connections whose intellect is enriched by her spirituality. Emboldened by the balance she cultivates between the two, she assertively ignites socio-political change simply by Being, not aggressively warring on literal or proverbial frontlines, changing Paradigms by her Repose.

Written by Gloria Steele @hadarawombcare