Kevin Alejandrez was born in Fresno, California in 1994 and moved to Independence, Oregon with his family when he was in elementary school. He graduated from Western Oregon University with a B.S. in Sociology and then received his M.A. in Sociology from the University of Kentucky. At the time of the interview he was completing his PhD with University of Kentucky and working for Centro de Servicios para Campesinos and Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN).

Interview conducted by Sophia Fischer and supported by the OSU Honors College / Center for the Humanities Summer Internship. The interview is also a component of the Latinos en Oregón Oral History Collection (OH 032), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.