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Teachers at “Tiny Trees,” run with some of their students in Jefferson Park near their outdoor school. (Photo by Ellen Banner / 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.