Alejandro Modena grew up during WWII in a Palestinian town where Jews and Arabs shared poverty and hunger. As conditions worsened, a lucky discovery gave Alexs family the means to flee the country and emigrate to Cuba. When revolution swept over Cuba, they were forced to flee again; to Jamaica and eventually to the U.S.He has accomplished the American Dream. He now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, near his two children and six grandchildren, with his wife Barbara Pollack Modena. Ingram has been a professional writer/editor for 45 years. Over this time he has authored/co-authored 30 books and edited/contributed to an additional 200. The topics have ranged from science and technology to spirituality, self-development, business/finance, biography, nutrition, history, health/fitness, and traditional and holistic medicine. He has been a meditation teacher, past Director of the American Meditation Society and university lecturer on the psycho-biology of consciousness.