Posts by Alec
What Elder Care Taught Alec Chapa About Resolving Housing Conflict
After earning certification as a Texas Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Alec Chapa gained firsthand experience helping residents, families, and care providers navigate complex disputes through collaborative problem-solving, advocacy, and informal dispute resolution. When people think about housing disputes, they often picture landlord-tenant conflicts. Things like: Nonpayment of rent. Lease violations. Neighbor complaints. Evictions. But some of…
Read MoreBuilding Conflict Resilience in Special Education: Sadie Cort Presents at California SELPA ADR Conference
Special education mediation professional Sadie Cort presented on conflict resilience at the 2024 SELPA Administrators of California ADR Conference, empowering educators, parents, and dispute resolution professionals with practical tools for navigating conflict. For professionals who depend on special education mediation, few gatherings are as impactful as the annual SELPA Administrators of California ADR Conference. Bringing…
Read MoreSadie Cort Shines When Conflict Meets Special Education, and Families Need More Than Legal Answers
Mediator and special education practitioner Sadie Cort, whose work teaching conflict resilience to educators and families, reflects Mosaic’s multidisciplinary approach and is welcomed to the team. For many families, few things are more emotionally charged than disputes involving their children’s education. And when special education services, behavioral needs, disabilities, accommodations, or Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)…
Read MoreWhen Attorneys See the Limits of Litigation, Many Turn to Mediation
Attorney and conflict resolution expert Megan Villafuerte joins Mosaic Collaborative Consulting, bringing experience in multidisciplinary mediation services, grounded in access to justice and human-centered problem solving. Date: 5/30/26By Alec Chapa The Limits of the Law, Not Necessarily of Lawyers (especially as courts and attorneys increasingly explore earlier dispute-resolution pathways). For many people, conflict resolution and…
Read MoreThe Mediation Profession Has a Workforce Problem. Mosaic Leads With a Solution.
Mosaic Collaborative Consulting is helping to tackle one of the mediation field’s biggest structural challenges through a first-of-its-kind dispute resolution apprenticeship initiative, focused on experiential learning, mentorship, and workforce development, building on the standard mediation trainings every mediator requires. By Alec ChapaMay 21, 2026 The Brick Wall Mediators Hit Every year, new mediators complete their…
Read MorePublic Disputes & Consensus Building Digest, Vol. 2, Issue 1
It’s with great pride and joy that I present the latest issue of the Public Disputes & Consensus Building Committee Digest, a publication supported by the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution. This issue marks the second volume, following four issues of the inaugural Public Disputes & Consensus Building Digest, having wrapped up the…
Read MoreMosaic’s Alec Chapa to Present Innovative Concept at St. Paul University Conference
Mosaic, a respected provider in the realm of dispute resolution and collaborative problem-solving, is set to make waves at the upcoming “The Ombuds: Foundations, Best Practices, and Development” conference hosted by St. Paul University in Ottawa, Canada. Alec Chapa, a distinguished mediator and conflict resolution expert, will be taking the stage to present groundbreaking insights…
Read MoreMediating Brain Health & Business Health: Enhancing the Workplace with Dispute System Design
Enhancing the workplace is no longer an endeavor towards maximizing profit and planning the next extravaganza with the proceeds. It’s a matter of organizational survival, and with it, our own. Brain Health and Business Health are two co-dependent conditions that can often clash, necessitating a mediative force to bring them into more harmony. There are…
Read MorePublic Disputes & Consensus Building Digest Vol. 1 Issue 4
As always, it is with great pleasure that I announce our latest Committee Digest, the fourth and final issue of Volume 1, before the Public Disputes & Consensus Building Digest continued into its second volume! As we approach the middle of winter, it’s a perfect time to brew a cup of your favorite coffee or…
Read MoreEnhancing Organizations Beyond HR with Dispute Resolution: Tune in February 26th via Zoom
North America consistently houses among the world’s highest count and most successful startups. Among the many places a company can call home, Texas has been a rising star in recent years and it doesn’t appear to be slowing anytime soon with its business-friendly environment. But underneath the success of it all is plenty of grit,…
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