Alejandro Danois was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and now lives in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned a scholarship for talented minority students to attend Milton Academy in Massachusetts and later attended the University of Pennsylvania. Alejandro is a senior writer and editor with "The Shadow League" and a freelance sports and entertainment writer whose work has been published by "The" "New York Times, ""The" "Baltimore Sun, "Associated Press", Bleacher Report, Sporting News, Los Angeles Times", and "Ebony "magazine, among others. "The Boys of Dunbar" is his first book.