Alejandro S. Rodriguez was born in Chicago, Illinois and has lived in
Albuquerque, New Mexico for most of his life. He graduated from Cibola
High School and went on to get a bachelors degree in economics from the
University of New Mexico. After graduating from college, Alejandro
worked at an investment bank for two years before relocating back to
New Mexico to work in the film industry. He has worked as a productions
assistant, extra, 2nd AC, casting assistant, and actor. His first
speaking role is in Sicario and he hopes to build on his acting
credentials in order to pursue his goal of acting/directing in the
future.
He worked in Operations for Goldman Sachs for nearly 2 years before pursuing his passion of working in film.
He attended the University of New Mexico on a full-ride scholarship and graduated magna cum laude with a major in Economics and minor in Management. He was originally a Media Arts major, but changed degrees for job security.