Emil Alzamora was born in Lima, Peru in 1975 and raised in Boca Grande,Florida. He later attended Florida State University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, in 1998, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. Alzamora started his sculpting career in the Hudson Valley working with Polich Art Works in the fall of 1998. Since his departure from P.A.W. in early 2001, he has produced his work full-time and shown regularly throughout the United States.