Balancing Family, Business, and Resilience

In this episode of Making It Happen, host Pauline Roth sits down with Alexa Ayala, co-owner of Apex Martial Arts in Wesley Chapel, FL. Alexa shares her incredible journey from working as a paralegal and nurse to running a thriving family business alongside her husband and son. Alexa opens up about the wake-up call that pushed her to leave her corporate career and fully step into entrepreneurship—the medical emergency that reminded her to focus on what matters most: family, health, and purpose. She reflects on what it’s really like to work with her spouse every day, the challenges and rewards of blending marriage with business, and how her son Justin inspires her vision for the future of Apex Martial Arts.