Hector is a staff writer for Latino Rebels and Gozamos, as well as a columnist for RedEye. Formerly, he was the managing editor at Gozamos and an associate editor for Being Latino. He has also written for La Respuesta, 'LLERO and Hispanically Speaking News. Born and raised in and around Chicago, he received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where his departmental concentration was on ethnic relations in the United States. You can find him on twitter: @hectorluisalamo or at his website: http://hectoralamo.com/