Alex Gonzalez Gallina

I was born in November 11 in 1984 in Mexico city. When I was 5 years old, my family moved to a town called Coatepec in the state of Veracruz were we are still living. My both parents are biologists and we have always kept animals and have gone to the field, that’s why I have been interested and fascinated by wildlife, especially by reptiles and amphibians, since an early age. My other great passion has been art and since I remember I have been drawing as a hobby, not as good as I would like to, though. I am currently studying biology at the Universidad Veracruzana and I have made several field trips around Mexico were I have helped my parents and other researchers in their field work. My interest in visiting Madagascar arised by the fact that the island has some of the strangest animals and plants in the world and that most of them are endemic so ever since I knew about this place I have been looking forward to visit it.