Mary Young, wearing her favorite Qing Dynasty area Manchu noblewoman robe, with former Tacoma Art Museum director Jon Kowalek. (Photo courtesy of the Young Family)

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.