Author: Alekz Londos

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-09-26

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781539094753

My name is Alekz Londos, I was born in 1980. live near the ocean in Santa Cruz, California. I began my career working for major TV news stations before becoming an independent, freelance photojournalist. I focus on stories that will either benefit humanity or our environment by documenting historic disasters and utilizing mass media to help raise awareness and compassion towards tragic events. My images have been featured on CNN, NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC, KSBW, Associated Press (AP), World News (WN), Philippine National News and many other news outlets. I have been published in newspapers 34 times: The Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, LA Times, Aptos Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Mercury News, Reno Gazette Journal, Santa Cruz Good Times and Reno News & Review. I have been interviewed by Anonymous (the international cyber hacking group) as well as KSCO, KTOK and KRXA radio stations. I have 16-years' experience as a photojournalist and after being a witness to so much destruction, death, mass suffering and failed humanitarian responses, I was driven to make a difference so I became involved in emergency services. I began taking courses at Cabrillo College in 2008 and years later had accumulated 74 units. I mostly studied medical, first responder, environmental science, horticulture, sustainability, renewable energy and resources, a variety of courses that I could apply to my career. I completed the Red Cross course in Santa Cruz and become a disaster relief volunteer in 2009. I completed the Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) course at the Felton Fire Station in 2010. I established my company "Advanced Disaster Relief," in 2013. I have (independently) provided immediate medical care and relief support to critical areas before the military and multinational organizations. I self-deployed to hazmat cleanups, lightning storms, wildfires, floods, sinkholes, landslides, snowstorms, car accidents and a commuter train crash. I was in New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Philippines during the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan. I have been through three hurricanes: Gustav in 2008 as well as Isaac and Sandy in 2013. I went tornado chasing in Oklahoma also in 2013. I was in Ghana during the peak of the Ebola Outbreak in 2014. I volunteering in Nepal during the earthquake aftermath of 2015. I lived in the epicenter for a month (by myself) while treating medical patients and helping the community recover. I went to Erbil, Iraq in 2016. I brought supplies to the Peshmerga military, distribute medical aid to the clinics and volunteered in Syrian refugee camps. I now have experience doing search and rescue, body recovery, risk mitigation, debris removal, rebuilding the infrastructure, psychological debriefing, volunteering in hospitals and other crucial skill sets. I now consider myself a hybrid photojournalist, environmentalist, humanitarian and activist. In the future, I will be recruiting other volunteers who are willing to travel internationally. Throughout my missions, I have been a witness to the unimaginable widespread destruction of catastrophic man-made and natural disasters. I am extremely saddened by the egotism, greed and lack of compassion by both people and corrupt corporations that are contributing to the destructive impact of industrialized nations. I dedicated years (of my life) in constructing it as yet another desperate attempt to present everyone compelling solutions. I hope my background and experience (listed at the beginning of the document) will inspires more reader to take action. The document details a wide range of subjects that will not only benefit those working in emergency services and government appointed positions; it will also benefit the general public.