A burlap bag used to ship cacao beans to Seattle from Venezuela. Cacao requires a hot, humid climate to grow in so it can’t be sourced locally. (Photo by Sarah Stuteville)

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.