British Empire Medal
Andrea Aviet BEM was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to victims of domestic abuse.
View Andrea Aviet’s official UK Honours profile (opens in a new tab)About Andrea
Leadership shaped by courage, creativity, and purpose.
Andrea Aviet BEM, recipient of the British Empire Medal, is an author, campaigner, speaker, media and film producer, and the founder of Andrea Aviet LLC and ASCEND.
Her work brings together lived perspective, positive mindset, creative leadership, and a belief in every person’s capacity to move forward.
Leadership & impact
Turning conviction into positive action.
Through ASCEND, Andrea works with individuals, leaders, organizations, and audiences to strengthen clarity, confidence, resilience, purpose, and self-leadership.
Andrea Aviet LLC is a U.S.-based leadership and mindset company with global reach. Her writing, film, speaking, campaigning, and business work reflect a consistent commitment: helping people recognize their potential and transform experience into meaningful impact.
Based in Wyoming. Serving clients nationwide online. Available to travel for selected in-person events and engagements.
Andrea’s additional professional qualifications and detailed career history will be added only after owner verification.
Recognition & creative leadership
A distinguished record of initiative and social impact.
Andrea’s recognition reflects her advocacy, authorship, filmmaking, and commitment to creating positive change.
Freedom of the City of London (opens in a new tab)
Andrea received the Freedom of the City of London in 2023 and is a Freeman of the City of London.
View official City of London record (opens in a new tab)Official World Record
Andrea was recognized by Official World Record as the first British Empire Medal recipient to self-fund, produce, and star in a globally awarded domestic-abuse-awareness short film premiered in the UK Parliament on International Women’s Day.
View the Official World Record listing (opens in a new tab)Author
Andrea self-published and self-funded White Sorrow, using writing to turn personal experience into awareness and encouragement.
View White Sorrow on Apple Books (opens in a new tab)Producer
Andrea created, self-produced, funded, and appeared in the short campaigning film Don’t Cry, based on her story and book.
View Don’t Cry credits on IMDb (opens in a new tab)Top 100 Influential People
Andrea has received Top 100 Influential People recognition.
View Andrea Aviet’s Top 100 Influential People profile (opens in a new tab)1000 Londoners
Andrea was featured in 1000 Londoners.
View Andrea Aviet’s 1000 Londoners profile (opens in a new tab)Global Goodwill Ambassador (opens in a new tab)
Andrea serves as a Global Goodwill Ambassador for abused women and children.
View Global Goodwill Ambassador profile (opens in a new tab)International WBAF involvement (opens in a new tab)
Andrea has international involvement with WBAF.
View WBAF international partner announcement (opens in a new tab)International speaker
Andrea uses speaking, events, podcasts, film, and media to encourage confidence, purpose, and positive action.
View international speaking experienceMedia & impact
Featured across national media, editorial and Parliament.
Public attention on Andrea’s advocacy, creative work and leadership message has spanned national broadcast, editorial coverage and a parliamentary screening.
Ideas that spark conversation. Work that drives change.
People. Potential. A brighter tomorrow.
- GB News
- Good Morning Britain
- HuffPost
- The Independent
- Evening Standard
- PA Media
Broadcast appearances
GB News and Good Morning Britain
Andrea’s story and advocacy have been featured on GB News and Good Morning Britain, reaching viewers across the UK.
Editorial & news coverage
HuffPostThe IndependentEvening StandardPA Media
Andrea’s work has been featured in leading national and international outlets, highlighting her advocacy, creative work and leadership message.
Also featured in
- Global Woman Magazine
- Yahoo! News
- MSN News
- The Northern Echo
- Independent.ie
- Southern Daily Echo
- News & Star
- The Cumberland News
- Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Standard
- Sutton & Croydon Guardian
- Guardian local titles
- Celebrity Magazine
- Entrepreneur’s Diaries
- Gulf Magazine
UK Parliament
Parliamentary screening and panel
Andrea’s campaigning short film Don’t Cry was screened in the UK Parliament during the week of International Women’s Day 2023, followed by a panel and discussion connected with her advocacy and film work.
Andrea’s Don’t Cry film project pageWatch the parliamentary screening recording on YouTube
Learn more
Books
Books by Andrea Aviet
White Sorrow
Andrea Aviet’s deeply personal memoir explores her experience of domestic abuse, survival, rebuilding, and the journey toward finding purpose beyond adversity.
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Opaque Desires
A work by Andrea Aviet exploring human emotion, relationships, desire, identity, and the complexities that shape personal experience.
Purchase link coming soon
7 Rules to Change Your Mindset in 30 Days
A practical personal-development book designed to help readers challenge limiting patterns, strengthen self-belief, and begin creating meaningful change through focused daily mindset work.
Purchase link coming soon
Changing pain into purpose
From lived experience to leadership.
Andrea’s path includes surviving coercive control, protecting her children, and rebuilding her life. She shares that context with care—not as the center of her work, but as the foundation of her belief that the past does not have to define what comes next.
That transformation became advocacy, creative work, speaking, and practical development for others. Through ASCEND, the focus is firmly forward: helping people rediscover confidence, develop resilience, lead themselves well, and create purposeful impact.
Working philosophy
Warmth without vagueness. Challenge without judgment.
ASCEND creates thoughtful, accountable space for people to understand where they are, recognize their potential, decide what matters, and act with greater clarity.
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