Chandana Dixit — a famous Bollywood singer who now lives in Redmond. She is also an accomplished artist who did the painting in the photo herself. (Photo by Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

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.