Alex was born in George West, Texas, but was raised in Alice, TX. He graduated from high school and joined the Navy, serving as an interpreter while in Spain and Italy. After the Navy, he relocated to Houston where he attended the University of Houston. In 1965 he joined Gulf Oil which later became Chevron. In 1979, he was transferred to Atlanta, Georgia. He and his wife Stephanie stayed there until they got transferred to Concord, CA in 1985. While he was there, he represented Chevron in the community. He got heavily involved in the Chamber of Commerce and became Chairman in 1992. He then focused his energy to the Convention and Visitors Bureau and was Chairman for seven consecutive years. He also served as Commissioner for the City of Concord and while the support was there, he opted not to run for political office. He was also a founding member of the County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. 

 

He and his wife retired from Chevron in 2001. In 2002 he and several other partners, along with a talented winemaker, started a new winery. At the beginning they were doing most of the work until the winery made enough money to hire help. For fourteen years they produced award winning red wines. They opted to sell rather than expand.
   
In 2002 he joined Rotary and got involved in community projects until he was approached to do an international project. The project consisted of driving a minibus to Zocalo to transport handicapped people to medical appointments. It took six days to deliver the bus. When they arrived there, they realized the tremendous need for help in the community. The Rotary club there was three years old and was struggling to get things accomplished. They only had six members and the district was threatening to pull their charter. The California club started mentoring them and helping them with projects that benefitted the community. Within three years, they were the envy of the district having just completed a global grant for 1,400 wheelchairs. Since then, our clubs have been by their side as good partners should, providing humanitarian projects to the community. 

 

Alex and Stephanie have been happily married for 43 years and together have five grown kids, eight grandkids which includes a set of triplets, six great grandkids, and one great-great granddaughter. 

 

As a Rotarian, Alex believes very strongly in the Four-Way Test. His message to his fellow Rotarians is "The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more work well done".