Alzaruba was raised on the western Pacific island of Guam from 1952 to 1963. After three years in California, his family moved to the Panama Canal Zone where he began painting and exhibiting before graduating from high school with honors. His creative roots emerged from a mix of Latino, Chinese and Pre Colombian art, as well as his many explorations in Central American jungles. 

In 1976, he joined the Navy and later worked in military intelligence in the… more