My Story

I’m Tee Alampi. I was formerly known as Tricia Alampi, Ph.D., though I no longer lead with titles. I earned them, lived them, and learned that achievement alone doesn’t anchor a life. My path has moved through academia, entrepreneurship, and design, with each season reshaping how I understand purpose, identity, and faith.

I began my career as an instructor and later moved into building and running companies. Some worked. Some didn’t. Both the wins and the losses taught me what it means to create, risk, rebuild, and let go. After the pandemic, I followed a long-standing pull toward design and human-centered work. Even as things progressed, a deeper question remained. How do you find peace that doesn’t require proving, performing, or staying “on” all the time?

That question changed everything.

Through a low season marked by closed doors, pruning, and stillness, I learned to slow down and live with intention rather than performance.

During that process, I felt called to create Her Crown & Compass, a nonprofit community space for those who feel overwhelmed and tired, offering rest, clarity, and purpose in a chaotic world. This site holds my personal reflections from the journey behind it, written for anyone navigating transition, becoming, and the quiet work of finding their way again.