A tree nursery and cooperative outside of Sololá, Guatemala. The kind of program Pelk might be visiting on her trip. (Photo by Michele Frix)

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.