Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Alex came to the United States in the 1990’s. He finished his B.A. degree at Florida International University where he was lucky enough to encounter some of the best mentors anyone can hope for. After FIU, he went on to earn his PhD from the English Department at the University of Virginia, where he was also a fellow of the Scholars’ Lab, NINES and the Praxis Program. His doctoral and ongoing research focuses on the textual condition of Aimé Césaire’s literary output. He started his professional post at Columbia in August, 2012.