Born and raised in South Texas, J. Alejandro Almanza has the mind of an engineer led by the heart of an artist. He is formally educated in Michigan as an electrical engineer and photographer. His medium of expression for the past nine years has been photography with a focus on fine art photogrpahy. Alejandro's photographs reside in private collections, galleries, and publications in Europe, South America, and North America. The publications include The Mirror, La Cadena, and El Tangauta. He currently lives in Houston.