He was born on July 9, 2009, to his parents, Max and Debbie Schachter. Debbie passed away when Alex was four years old because of health conditions. She was a student at the University of Connecticut, which was her son’s dream university.

Several years after Debbie’s death, Max married another woman, Caryn, who loved Alex and his brother like her own children. She also had two daughters with her previous husband, who had died six months after the demise of Debbie.

The two families had complications blending in at the beginning, but after some time, they shared love and were living peacefully in Parkland.