Mina Alexia was born in Tehran, Iran. She moved to Canada with her family at the age of three and was raised in a small town in Ontario. She graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a Bachelor's Degree of Arts, Honors English.Having faced many adversities in life, she decided to use her artistic gifts to heal through the medium of creative writing. Mina uses her social media presence to spread awareness on trauma recovery and mental health. Her novels include trauma-informed themes that are rich with emotion. She believes "we need to feel to heal."