Hi, everyone. This is Kate Snow. This latest conversation for my series, The Drink, is a little different.

Gaeli Alex is a design influencer who reimagines the homes of strangers.

The drink is always about how people got to the top, and Gaeli's story is raw, honest, and powerful.

She didn't set out to do this work, but when you hear what it took and what she overcame,

I think you're going to be as blown away as I was. This one is for everyone whose life has not gone as planned.

You can hear a lot more stories of success from top artists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries.

You can find them all at NBCNews.com slash The Drink.

You start saying yes to people. You don't even know.

Never met them in my life.

You're going to go into their homes.

I am in their underwear, George.

I am in their medicine cabinets. I see their prescriptions.

And I have their credit card.

I literally the room just talks to me, and I need you to be out of the house for a weekend.

Gaeli Alex, we are in the peacock lounge, which is the mezzanine of 30 Rockefeller Center.

This is so cool. What's your drink?

This is Welch's Sprite Clean Grape Juice.

Excellent. So excited.

Okay, you are, I don't even know how to describe you.

Designer, influencer. I know you don't love that term.

Social media extraordinaire. You have millions of followers.

How'd you get here? How did this happen?

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