Alex W. Rodríguez (he/him) is a writer, organizer, educator, and trombonist working at the confluences of music, spirituality, and social transformation. A fifth-generation Hispanic settler Oregonian, he is driven by a commitment to heal the generational trauma inflicted by colonialism, patriarchy, and racial capitalism by any means necessary. Alex is a co-founder at Catalyst Cooperative Healing, a mental health workers cooperative, where he offers mindfulness coaching, organizational consulting, and supports administration. Previously, he served as the first General Coordinator for the Bhumisparsha sangha, co-founded by Lama Rod Owens and Lama Justin von Bujdoss, and has trained in Deep Listening through the Center for Deep Listening. Alex is also deepening his practice in consent-based governance through Sociocracy for All, where he serves as Leader of the Bylaws Circle. He holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from UCLA, where he focused on jazz clubs and the communities that sustain them in California, Chile, and Siberia.