About Aleza

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Meet Aleza Freeman

Born and based in Las Vegas, Aleza Freeman (OG Aleza Goldsmith) grew up on the stage, graduating from the Las Vegas Academy for the Arts with a major in musical theater. She earned her bachelor’s degree from UNLV, with a year away on exchange at Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, California.

Aleza began her career at community newspapers and magazines in Northern California and Southern Nevada. She later moved to digital media, covering Las Vegas hotels and tourist attractions for the travel and entertainment website Vegas.com. She also worked as a creative copywriter for resorts and casinos in Las Vegas, Henderson, Primm Valley, and Laughlin.

Aleza rolled the dice on self-employment in 2015 and never looked back. She mostly writes for magazines about travel, hospitality, culture, and other curiosities, with an emphasis on people and places in Las Vegas and the greater Nevada region.

In 2025, she published her first full-length poetry collection, Falling Behind. She also wrote a book of silly poems, Candy Store at the Edge of the Galaxy (2011), illustrated by her husband, Howard.