Meet Our Founder
ALEXIS CARRA-TRACEY
Alexis Carra-Tracey is a Catholic attorney, bioethics educator, and special-needs mother focused on reproductive ethics, pregnancy complication support, prenatal diagnosis navigation, and special-needs parenting. She accompanies women, couples, and families facing complex decisions with clarity, fidelity to the Church, and compassion – offering a roadmap for what to ask, who to contact, which supports to line up, and how to prepare for the next chapter.
Her work is deeply personal. Alexis endured an ectopic pregnancy and the emergency removal of a fallopian tube, and later navigated a prenatal diagnosis of Trisomy 21. Together with her husband, she is a devoted advocate for their daughter with Trisomy 21 – experience that shapes her approach with tenderness, realism, and strength.
Alexis holds a B.A. in Philosophy, an M.A. in Ethics, and a J.D., along with a Graduate Certificate in Dogmatic Theology and a Certificate in Child Protection & Safe Environment. She is currently pursuing the National Catholic Bioethics Center Certification Program in Health Care Ethics. Before launching Divine Flame, Alexis served as an attorney at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York for over a decade, where she focused on faith-based activism and child protection compliance.
Through Divine Flame, Alexis offers the kind of accompaniment that she herself once longed for during pregnancy and postpartum – Catholic ethical guidance, practical preparation, and compassionate support for real decisions, real circumstances, and real family life. Her aim is to help women, couples, and families move forward with hope rather than fear.
Origin of Divine Flame
The name DIVINE FLAME evokes both light and fire in the Christian life. It points first to the light that comes from God alone – truth, moral clarity, and peace of conscience, especially when circumstances feel clouded by fear and uncertainty. It also calls to mind the flame of the Holy Spirit, who brings wisdom, courage, discernment, and love. Divine Flame reflects the hope that even in difficult situations, God brings light where there is confusion and grants the grace needed for the road ahead.
PATRON SAINTS
Our Lady of Lourdes
Patroness of healing, hope, and motherly intercession.
Divine Flame invokes Our Lady of Lourdes for families carrying physical, emotional, and spiritual burdens.
saint joan of arc
A witness of courage, fidelity, and clarity in the midst of difficulty.
Divine Flame looks to Saint Joan of Arc as a patron for families facing internal and external pressures.
venerable jÉrÔme lejeune
A geneticist known for defending the dignity every human life.
Divine Flame turns to Jérôme Lejeune as a patron for families caring for special-needs children.