Wendy Lu greets every guest that comes in to Green Village, most by name, from her perch behind the counter. (Photo by Lisa Strube-Kilgore)

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.