Alexander Santiago is a handsome young man who works part-time in the club where Spencer Hastings's family go. He is portrayed as a hardworking guy who would rather work and earn for college than loiter around like any other high school kid. He is Spencer Hastings's new love interest.
The television Series
He was first seen in "Reality Bites Me" where he noticed Spencer's serving style and commented in the way she serves. later in the episode he was watching Spencer and her dad's match and made a side remark of how people tend to play the game, just that its outside of it. He was then later invited by Spencer to go out on a date, they then both grew closer. In "There's No Place Like Homecoming" he was invited by Spencer to the Homecoming dance where he met the rest of the girls and Spencer's sister Melissa. In the dance he was ignored most of the night, and later leaves early after Melissa tells him that Spencer only invited him to anger their father. After the homecoming dance Spencer tries to repair her burgeoning relationship with him, who’s now been reduced to kitchen duty at the country club, Alex forgives Spencer and they bond together in the kitchen until she discovers a nasty prank called The Bitch Board that he and some of the other club workers have created that pokes fun at the elitist members which include her as well as her sister, Melissa. He tried to explain but Spencer walks out on him but comes back later on and they both dance in the kitchen. Later in the series a friend of him from the country club gave him a brochure for a Tennis clinic in Sweden where almost everyone who enters it gets to play in the Swedish Open, he tells this to Spencer and she persuades him to go but he declines because he's not interested in playing pro instead he would rather work and earn up for college. "A" used the situation to drive a screw between him and Spencer, he walks out on her after in Hanna's homecoming party.
