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Alejandro Betancourt
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GenderMale
IndustryArts
OccupationKitchen Manager, Writer and Artist
LocationLos Angeles, CA, United States
IntroductionPublished Journalist since 1997. First stories appeared in Latina Magazine, then in a variety of alternative Central NY magazines including CNY Latino and Diversity Rules! He is currently writing Press and Member content for Strike Out Against Drugs while cooking/kitchen managing at LATC drug and alcohol treatment center 52nd St. He's worked in TV production for JWalter Thompson Worldwide Advertising, and booked agency work for Workgroup LTD.(fashion production). Alejandro has produced himself as an artist, creating paint and media exhibits such as "Passage: Latino Direction in CNY," an Individual Artist grant award used to photo-document Latinos in Syracuse, exhibited in local Latino community and at Syracuse University. Writer: Writes grants and P.R., loves to promote everything he believes in. In LA, he produced a short web-film for The City of Silver Lake and recently helped in a documentary about David Sanchez, creator and director of Strike Out Against Drugs. He can be found posting regularly on Instagram and Facebook.
InterestsFor this blog: Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Men's Studies, Art, Social Studies, Latino Studies, Health, Food, Around LA
Favorite moviesBlade Runner, Coppola's Dracula,Kika, Warhol's Trash, Scorcese, Hitchcock, Ridley Scott, Tarantino; music videos by Sophie Meuller, recent Tom Munro
Favorite musicLately: Lana Del Rey, Chromatics, The Weekend, Lo-Fang, James Blake, Yeah Yeah Yeahs... All time: Jazz/Blues/Funk (Billy Holiday, Ray Charles, Etta James, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker; Boleros/Mariachi (Los Panchos, Vicente Fernandez); Rock: Bowie, Stones, Hole, Madonna's less pop stuff; old school punk; old school hip hop
Favorite booksLately: The Bible, New Testament gospels and the book of Revelations; Miseuor by Lawrence Trudell Always a fan of: Esquire Magazine, COLORS Magazine, Visionnaire Magazine, Adbusters
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