Alejandra Martinez, Author at We Got This Covered – Page 2 of 4 - Part 2

Alejandra Martinez

Alejandra Martinez is a freelance writer and critic at We Got This Covered. She has been a writer for over ten years, is a member of the Austin Film Critics Association and has had work published in The Austin Chronicle, The Texas Observer, and Hyperreal Film Club. She has a soft spot for horror and genre cinema but watches as much film as possible.

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