Alfredo Torres Jr. was born and raised in Laredo, TX. He is an independent research historian and Adjunct Professor of Humanities at Palo Alto College. He has assisted students with several subjects such as English, History, Political Science, and Philosophy since 2014. For the past three years, he has gained experience in presenting and developing several writing workshops (MLA citations, grammatical sentences, synthesis essays, and APA style citations) in both the writing center and classroom, in accordance with the English professor’s request. As a bilingual educator, he has collaborated with the INRW Center to assist Spanish-speaking students with their reading comprehension and writing skills in preparation for the GED exam.

Alfredo attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a double major in Government and History. He later attended The University of Texas at San Antonio where he earned a Master of Arts Degree in History.

He is a frequent contributor to the San Antonio Express-News that includes monthly op-ed publications on the history of Mexican American culture and currently has pending scholarly publications on “The Intrinsic Value of Learning Centers” and “The Policies of the Texas Good Neighbor Commission.” In November 2012, he lectured on The Policies of the Texas Good Neighbor Commission during World War II at The Second Annual History Graduate Student Conference at Texas State University at San Marcos. He has also collaborated with doctoral candidates in revising and editing dissertations and has worked in partnership with Dr. Rafael Castillo in crafting publication workshops for emerging writers. 

Alfredo is an active member of the San Antonio Historical Association under the direction of Dr. Felix D. Almaraz, Jr., is a participant of the Bexar County Tricentennial Symposium, and the winner of the 2020 NISOD Excellence Award in Teaching by an Adjunct Instructor.