Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Alvaro ‘Al’ Ortiz is originally from Madrid (Spain). He worked for several years in his home country and gained experience in all platforms of journalism, from wire services to print, as well as broadcast and digital reporting. In 2001, Al came to the United States to pursue a Master’s degree at the Journalism School of the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he graduated in 2003. Shortly after that, he moved to Washington, D.C. to work for Azteca America, the U.S. operation of TV Azteca, Mexico’s second largest television network. Al moved again in 2004 and arrived in Houston to spearhead Azteca America’s Texas News Bureau. Since then, Al has also worked for Spain’s EFE News Services, the Houston Chronicle and the U.S. House of Representatives, among other organizations. Al is a Fulbright scholar and has won awards from the Houston chapter of the Small Business Administration and Houston’s Central American Chamber of Commerce.