Alex Cardenas

Alex is the grandson of an immigrant. His first language is Spanish. Born and raised in Bayamón, Pureto Rico, he earned his B.A. in Finance with minors in Management Information Systems and Business Law from Villanova University in 2015. He then completed a master’s degree in Government Organizations and Leadership before earning his J.D. from Creighton University School of Law in 2018. While in law school, Alex worked for an immigration law firm in Omaha called Kasaby Schmoke. He then moved to his wife’s home of Des Moines. He spent two years working at a nonprofit organization formerly...