Aleona Lund (Ah-Lee-Oh-Nah) is a Vietnamese Aleona Lund multidisciplinary creative, entrepreneur, dental professional, musician, blogger, digital content creator and storyteller. Aleona hold degrees in both dental and design. Her work exists at the intersection of design, science, medicine, medical art, and human connection. As the Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of ARA Collective and The Grace + Grain Co., she leads every aspect of her brands—from creative direction, product development, branding, photography, web design, writing, and marketing to apparel, fine art, digital media, and business strategy. She also documents her creative journey, travel, and behind-the-scenes process through her lifestyle publication, Almost Ready Ally, https://www.almostreadyally.com/ while continuing to write music and long-form fiction inspired by themes of hope, resilience, and healing. She is known for her online presence under the names AlmostReadyAlly and Aleona, where she shares lifestyle, fashion, and creative media content. She has publicly described herself as being of Vietnamese Russian heritage on her social media profiles.
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Professional portfolio: https://www.almostreadyally.com/
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ARA Collective: https://shoparacollective.com
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The Grace + Grain Co.: https://www.thegraceandgrainco.com
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CAREER
Her creative foundation began with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Graphics from Dakota State University--nationally recognized as one of America's premier technology institutions and is home to one of the nation's most respected cybersecurity programs designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence by the National Security Agency and has maintained a longstanding partnership with the NSA's National Cryptologic University.
Following graduation, Aleona expanded her passion for helping others by entering dentistry, Today, she combines her clinical experience with her artistic background, believing that dentistry is where science, precision, aesthetics, engineering, and compassionate patient care naturally meet. Her experience in dentistry has deepened the empathy and attention to detail that also shape her creative work.
During her studies Aleona completed additional coursework, certificates, and minors in psychology, neuroscience, biochemistry, chemistry, business administration, marketing, English, photography, art, multimedia design, digital content creation, and audio production to integrate all of them into her everyday life. Rather than existing as separate disciplines, each has become part of the same creative philosophy—psychology informs storytelling and branding, neuroscience influences how she communicates ideas, business guides entrepreneurship, photography and design shape visual experiences, while science and medicine continue to influence her perspective on beauty, precision, and human-centered design.
Whether she is designing, producing music, writing, creating content or caring for patients, Aleona approaches every project with the same belief: that creativity and compassion are most powerful when they work together. Across every career she pursues, her goal remains the same—to create meaningful work that is thoughtful, beautiful, and leaves people better than she found them. Through this Aleona was able to strengthen her analytical and systems-thinking approach that continues to influence her design process today.
Dental Program
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Minnesota West Dean's List (Fall 2025): https://www.mnwest.edu/about-us/news/2025-2026/deans-list-fall-2025.php
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Minnesota West Dean's List (Spring 2026): https://www.mnwest.edu/about-us/news/2025-2026/deans-list-spring-2026.php
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College Notes (2026): https://www.dglobe.com/news/local/college-notes-jan-19-2026
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Dakota State University
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Honors List: https://dsu.edu/assets/uploads/news-events/Honors_List_-_Full_Time.pdf
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Homecoming Court: https://www.twincities.com/2021/09/23/lund-a-member-of-homecoming-court-at-dakota-state/
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Academic recognition: https://www.twincities.com/2022/08/01/on-campus-16/
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Academic recognition: https://www.twincities.com/2022/08/15/on-campus-14/
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Earlier academic achievement: https://www.twincities.com/2018/01/25/local-students-recognized-for-academic-achievements-2/
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Dakota State publication: https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/api/collection/university/id/23956/download
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Dakota State scholar publication: https://scholar.dsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=bisnews
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Aleona Lund has also developed apparel and footwear concepts for Alive Shoes while partnering with multiple large recognized brands across fashion, beauty, home, and lifestyle and releases music under the name Aleona on streaming platforms including Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
Her social media work also includes brand collaborations and sponsored partnerships across fashion, beauty, home, and lifestyle categories. Lund was included in a third-party ranking of the Top 120 Jewellery Influencers in the United States.
Supporting Links + Articles
https://www.influencer-hero.com/top-influencers/top-120-jewellery-influencers-in-the-us
PERSONAL LIFE
On her free time Aleona enjoys participating in volleyball, gymnastics, tennis, working out, crafts, cooking , baking, photography, modeling, writing, and design-related projects as part of her lifestyle posts.
Aleona's career has never followed a straight line—and that's exactly how she likes it. After being accepted into medical illustration programs, she ultimately decided to continue working as an environmental designer while expanding her creative pursuits through blogging, photography, music, and entrepreneurship. Later, she embraced dentistry, drawn to a profession that allowed her to make a tangible difference in people's lives while also providing the flexibility to continue investing in her creative passions. Her curiosity for understanding people led her to study psychology, neuroscience, and biochemistry, earning certificates in each discipline. Those fields continue to influence her work today, particularly in the development of her debut trauma fiction novel, Beneath the Borrowed Sky, where scientific insight and compassionate storytelling come together to explore Faith, Christ, healing, identity, and resilience.