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In a stunning primary upset, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — a young socialist activist, woman of color and political newcomer — has unseated leading House Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's.

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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez About. Ocasio-Cortez was born into a Christian family at The Bronx, New York on 13th October 1989. She is bilingual with efficient fluency in Spanish and English and is of Puerto Rican descent. She has been an exceptional student from her high school days.
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (/ oʊ ˌ k ɑː s i oʊ k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ z /; Spanish: oˈkasjo koɾˈtes; born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials, AOC, is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district since 2019. The district includes the eastern part of the Bronx, portions of north-central Queens, and Rikers Island in New York City.

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• Alexandria was born in the Bronx, New York City to two working-class parents.

  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Childhood Photo With Her Father

• In her biography, which has been in controversy regarding the accuracy of facts, she mentioned that her father was from the South Bronx while her mother was from Puerto Reco.

• She has also mentioned in her biography that she grew up with a deep understanding of income inequality.

• While studying at Yorktown High School, Alexandria received the second prize in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a microbiology research project on the effect of antioxidants on C. elegans’ lifespan.

• A small asteroid, 23238 Ocasio-Cortez, has also been named after her by the International Astronomical Union.

• While Alexandria was studying at Boston University, her father died of Lung Cancer in 2008.

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• During her college, she interned in the immigration office of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.

• After graduating from Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, she returned to The Bronx and started working as a bartender in Manhattan and as a waitress in a taqueria.

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• After her father’s death, Ocasio-Cortez and her mother had to undergo financial strain, due to which, her mother had to clean houses and drive school buses.

• With the help of Sunshine Bronx Business Incubator, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez started a publishing firm, Brook Avenue Press, which, with the help of children’s literature, highlights the positive things about The Bronx.
  

• Apart from this, she also worked at GAGEis, Inc (as a lead educational strategist) and at the nonprofit National Hispanic Institute (as an educator).

• After being actively involved for Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign, Ocasio-Cortez traveled across America by car, visiting places such as Flint, Michigan, and Standing Rock, and speaking to people affected by the human rights violations related to the Flint water crisis and the Dakota Access Pipeline.

• In an interview, she credited her North Dakota visit as a tipping point; as it taught her a lesson to work hard for one’s own community, rather than waiting for financial miracles to happen in his/her life.

• In 2017, when Ocasio-Cortez challenged the Democratic Caucus Chair, Joe Crowley, she became the first person since 2004 to do so. She had faced a big financial disadvantage during the campaign; as she spent $194,000 to the Crowley campaign’s $3.4 million. In her campaigns, she used to say-
  

  You can’t really beat big money with more money. You have to beat them with a totally different game.”

• On January 3, 2019, she became the youngest member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York’s 14th District; after defeating Joe Crowley.

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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loves to dance, and even on the first day of her office, she posted a dancing video of her on her Twitter account.

Biography

Alexandria is the youngest woman ever to get elected to congress. This 29-year-old democratic socialite won the election against the fourth most powerful Democrat Joe Crowley. He has been elected to Congress in New York for the last 10 years. Alexandria is a Puerto Rican descent with tons of lots liberal followers.

Further, Alexandria is an active member of Democratic Socialists of America as well. She has also been outspoken about abortion rights and sustainable developments. She aims to contribute to social reforms and catalyse the development of the states.

About

Ocasio-Cortez was born into a Christian family at The Bronx, New York on 13th October 1989. She is bilingual with efficient fluency in Spanish and English and is of Puerto Rican descent. She has been an exceptional student from her high school days. She completed her high school from Yorktown high school where she published a research paper in microbiology and later got a scholarship at Boston University as well. Alexandria is a major in international relations and economics.

Political career

Alexandria started her political career with Bernie Sanders presidential campaign in 2016. This campaign was based on more socialite agenda then democratic politics. In 2018 she was the first person to challenge Joe Crowley since 2004 for elections. She used technology and direct public interactions to spread her agenda.

Her main agenda during the campaign was to speak up on immigrant laws, abortion and social injustice. Her belief system in mutual respect and love for everyone in the society is what won her large number of liberal followers.

Political positions

She has been a social activist since her college days as she aided immigrant family to deal with the bureaucracy of ICE. Further, she was also involved in a panel related to Latino Political leadership. Later she also played a crucial role in the Presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders in 2016. Also in 2018 she became the youngest woman till date to be elected in Congress.

Personal life

Alexandria’s personal life has always been full of ups and downs. She has juggled multiple jobs along with her studies to support her family and herself. After her graduation, she came back to the Bronx and was employed as an educational director. She has a strong faith in god and identifies herself as a catholic who supports the LGBTQ community and the right to abortion.

Net worth

Although Ocasio-Cortez had a rough start in her career and faced financial issues in her college years. Everything changed when she got a job after college. Her net worth is approximately $200,000 as of 2019.