R.O.O.T.S. picnic-03597 Hazel Stroy, 89, whose family has been in Seattle since 1901, was the oldest woman at the picnic. Alex Stonehill 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.