Alex Garcia was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He is currently an attorney in private practice and a small business owner in San Antonio. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served as both an enlisted member for 7 years and later as a commissioned officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps for 8 years.

Alex grew up on the west side of San Antonio and attended public schools in the NISD. He graduated from Holmes High School in 1999. Alex obtained a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2007 and a law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2010.

Alex is a former Texas 5A UIL State Track and Field Champion as well as a former bronze medal winning AAU Junior Olympic Athlete. He was a member of the 1999 Holmes H.S. 4×400 meter relay team that won the 5A state gold medal; this team also held the greater San Antonio area 4×400 record. Alex was also a member of the UTSA Track and Field Team in 1999, before he departed the University and joined the military.

Alex believes in the power of athletics when it comes to molding young athletes into valuable members of our community. He believes that youth athletics played a huge role in his development as a person, and that he would not be where he is today without the values and lessons that he learned through participation in athletics. He has been involved in AAU track clubs for several years as both an athlete and a parent, and his love and passion for athletics, his children, and his community inspired him to create the Alamo City Track Club.