Alvin Starkman draws upon his years of traveling to and living in Oaxaca, and his training as a social anthropologist, to help him write interesting and informative articles about the city and surrounding valleys. His subject matter is rarely covered in tour books or on the web. Alvin leads couples and small families on day trips to the craft villages, market towns, ruins and other sights, and is Oaxaca special advisor and locations consultant for documentary film production companies.

Alvin owns a Bed and Breakfast in Oaxaca and in January he knocked on Coral´s door with a donation of hearing aid batteries that one of his guests had left for us. He interviewed CORAL Director, Saúl Fuentes and wrote an article about our work, which has been posted to numerous websites. Read his take on Coral and browse his compendium of interesting articles about Oaxaca on the website of his bed and breakfast, Casa Machaya.