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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Alex Merced was born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]] in 1985. His mother is from [[Guatemala]] and his father from [[Puerto Rico]].<ref name=":0"> | Alex Merced was born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]] in 1985. His mother is from [[Guatemala]] and his father from [[Puerto Rico]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://alexmercedforny.com/|title=Alex Merced for New York|website=Alex Merced for New York|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-19}}</ref> | ||
His parents divorced after giving birth to his little brother. Merced's mother worked multiple jobs to raise her children while going to school. She eventually graduated, got a job, and bought a house in the suburbs.<ref name=":0" /> | His parents divorced after giving birth to his little brother. Merced's mother worked multiple jobs to raise her children while going to school. She eventually graduated, got a job, and bought a house in the suburbs.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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During a trip to [[Manila]], Merced watched the [[Fox Business News]] debate between [[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Ron Paul]], which heavily influenced his [[Libertarianism|Libertarian]] views. | During a trip to [[Manila]], Merced watched the [[Fox Business News]] debate between [[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Ron Paul]], which heavily influenced his [[Libertarianism|Libertarian]] views. | ||
After graduating in fall 2007, Merced moved in with his father in [[Long Island]]. He worked at a marketing internship at High End Shoe Brand Shane and Shawn. Later, he was a [[Broker-dealer|Stock Broker for E1 Asset Management]] and worked at Greico Financial Training as a Training Specialist training people across the financial industry.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1"> | After graduating in fall 2007, Merced moved in with his father in [[Long Island]]. He worked at a marketing internship at High End Shoe Brand Shane and Shawn. Later, he was a [[Broker-dealer|Stock Broker for E1 Asset Management]] and worked at Greico Financial Training as a Training Specialist training people across the financial industry.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.merliva.com/about-the-company/|title=About the Company|date=2016-02-02|newspaper=Merliva LLC.|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref> | ||
In 2008, Merced started a [[Video blog|vlog]] on his [[YouTube]] channel where he discusses [[Libertarianism|Libertarian]] ideas such as [[Civil liberties|individual liberty]] and [[free market]]s. Alex over the years has curated many of his videos for easier access at websites such at [http://www.Libertarian101.com Libertarian101.com], [http://www.LearnEconomicsNow.com LearnEconomicsNow.com] and [http://www.IntrotoLiberty.com IntrotoLiberty.com]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/AlexMerced/featured|title=Alex Merced|website=YouTube|access-date=2016-10-19}}</ref> | In 2008, Merced started a [[Video blog|vlog]] on his [[YouTube]] channel where he discusses [[Libertarianism|Libertarian]] ideas such as [[Civil liberties|individual liberty]] and [[free market]]s. Alex over the years has curated many of his videos for easier access at websites such at [http://www.Libertarian101.com Libertarian101.com], [http://www.LearnEconomicsNow.com LearnEconomicsNow.com] and [http://www.IntrotoLiberty.com IntrotoLiberty.com]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/AlexMerced/featured|title=Alex Merced|website=YouTube|access-date=2016-10-19}}</ref> | ||