Alejandra was born to a mother from Guatemala and a Swedish/German/English father from Chicago. She grew up in a home filled with folk art from Guatemala and Mexico and summers were spent in Guatemala, exploring outdoor markets filled with bright, patterned textiles and handicrafts. The backyard of the house in Guatemala was a magical forest filled with iguanas, mango trees, an ancient Tamarind tree, and countless other tropical fruit trees and exotic flowers planted and cared for by her grandparents, great grandparents, and great great grandparents.
Coming from a family of gardeners and guardians of plants, it was inevitable that Alejandra developed a devotion to them. This has taken the form of working on numerous farms, having dozens of indoor plants as roommates, keeping a garden at home, and closely observing, sketching, and photographing the plant life wherever she finds herself.
Alejandra lives in Providence, RI with her husband, two kids, and three cats. She works as a high school art teacher, trying out all sorts of mixed media projects with students in the hopes that everyone will find a form of creating that they love.
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