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Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera is a Mexican journalist based in Austin, Texas. Over the past two decades, he has worked at different times with the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas as a project manager, editor, reporter and translator. Previously, he was an editor at The Texas Tribune, KUT News and the Austin American-Statesman. He has also reported for several English- and Spanish-language publications, covering the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration, drug violence, technology and public safety. A native Spanish speaker, Alejandro grew up in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and has impossibly high standards when it comes to tacos al pastor.