Alex Powers is The Texas Tribune's analytics & data manager, focused on developing an internal data strategy and architecture that can help the Tribune leverage insights from data to best serve and inform Texas. He has worked as an EMT, a GED teacher, and an analytic consultant for clinics and hospitals. Through his health and education work – and as a longtime reader of the Tribune – he has seen firsthand how state policy impacts everyday lives, and he is very excited to use his skills to further our mission.