Background

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was born on October 13, 1989, in The Bronx, New York. She was raised in a working-class Puerto Rican family. Ocasio-Cortez graduated from Boston University, studying financial matters and worldwide relations. She worked for Senator Ted Kennedy's office, where she concentrated on immigration issues while in school.

After graduation, she returned home and turned into a community coordinator. With the financial recession grabbing hold, alongside the monetary issues her family faced after her father's passing in 2008 from cancer, Ocasio-Cortez took numerous low-wage eatery employments to help keep them above water.

Who is Alexandria?

On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district, garnering nationwide attention. In what was widely regarded as the most significant upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries, she defeated Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, a 10-term incumbent. In the November 2018 general election, she defeated Republican opponent Anthony Pappas. In the 2020 election, she defeated John Cummings and was re-elected.

Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever elected to the United States Congress, having taken office at 29. She is known for having a significant social media presence in comparison to her colleagues in Congress. Ocasio-Cortez graduated with honors from Boston University, where she double-majored in international relations and economics. Before standing for Congress in 2018, she was an activist who worked as a waiter and bartender.

Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are the Democratic Socialists of America's first female members of Congress. She supports a progressive program that includes workplace democracy, Medicare for All, tuition-free public college, a federal jobs guarantee, a Green New Deal, and abolishing the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Career

Despite Crowley's 10-to-1 advantage over Ocasio-Cortez, she fought a clever and organized grassroots battle, alongside a great viral video advertisement that started with expressing her will to push women to high political office positions. Ocasio-Cortez was the main adversary in the Democratic party to challenge Crowley's seat in 14 years. Ocasio-Cortez dispatched her Republican rival, Anthony Pappas, to turn into the most youthful female elected to Congress in November. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed her on January 3, 2019.

As a functioning member of the Democratic Socialists of America who endorsed the Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders in 2016, Ocasio-Cortez kept running on a progressive platform called canceling ICE, criminal justice, universal healthcare, and universal healthcare college.

She faced the ire from many enemies over her path, but Ocasio-Cortez hasn't shied away from critical issues. That included her strong solid emotions after Alabama passed a state law in May 2019 that banned abortion.

Relationships

Riley Roberts is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's boyfriend. The two have been as one since college. Even though they stay under the radar, Roberts tried to be a supporting boyfriend even when she moved to D.C. for her congressional life. On Friday, February 15, 2019, Roberts' association with the Congress member was pushed into the spotlight over theory regarding his new congressional email account. In a tweet, Ocasio-Cortez said that it was just so that he could access her calendar, and there was no involvement from in Congress. She was angry at media outlets that tried to paint a story that wasn't true.

Net Worth

According to www.celebritynetworth.com, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's net worth is estimated to be around 100,000 dollars.