Alex Senegal

“The river of life flows from the inside out” is the truth by which Alex lives his life and is the truth by which he encourages others to live as well. Alex has an uncanny knack for knowing what needs to be said or heard, as well as how to say it so that it resonates with and impacts the hearer’s spirit in a way that is profound and life-changing. Being a recipient of the Bibleway Christian Center’s Legacy Award is an example of just that, making lives better through love and acceptance.
Alex’s story is one that consisted of significant pain, loss, and dysfunction, which led him to make choices that were neither healthy for him nor those around him. These destructive choices resulted in Alex spending a total of 26 years in and out of the California correctional system. In 2014 while serving his last term, he was introduced to the Enneagram, which as he says, “introduced Alex to Alex.”
Today, Alex is a father, grandfather, an ordained minister, certified drug and alcohol counselor, court liaison, mental health specialist, and program manager at Destiny Reentry center in San Jose, California. He serves as both an EPP Ambassador and Board member, is pursuing certification to become an Enneagram teacher, and speaks on behalf of EPP with a passion for helping people overcome many of the same challenges in life that he has endured. Alex is an advocate for the homeless and those that are living on the margins of society. He is also actively engaged in raising awareness and speaking out against the unjust and inhumane response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in prisons and jails across the nation. Alex has committed himself and his voice to be a bridge to foster understanding, support learning and transformation, and move individual and collective hearts toward the creation of a socially just and equitable world.

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"EPP opened my heart. That’s what it opened. It opened my heart up to life. It opened my heart up to the guilt and shame that I used to hide. It opened my heart to the fear that would prevent me from doing and being who I wanted to be and doing the things that I wanted so dearly to do. I no longer let fear paralyze me. I no longer let the guilt and shame define me. I accept my calling in life that I am supposed to make a difference in people’s lives. I know that so I embrace it. I don’t run from it."