Xander is a native 10th-generation Texan. He holds a B.S. in Radio-Television-Film and a B.J. in Journalism from UT Austin.
In 2020, he created a satirical news series, The What's UPDATE. The show began at TSTV, but moved home to Round Rock during the pandemic. It allowed him to interview guests like Rob Paulsen, Greg Proops, Jim Beaver, Tim Russ, Richard Horvitz, and Madeleine Smithberg, co-creator of The Daily Show. During that same time, Xander also launched a multimedia production company, Planet X Abstractions.
His academic focus is comedy as an indispensable form of communication, intersectionality and representation in media, and documentary filmmaking. He is a fan of stand-up and sketch comedy and he loves to cook for family and friends.
Area of Focus: comedy, intersectionality, representation, documentary filmmaking