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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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American politician and activist who became the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district in 2019. She is a member of the Democratic party and she is widely known as AOC.
Before Fame
She earned degrees in Economics and International Relations at Boston University.
Trivia
- Upon her induction into the House of Representatives, she became the youngest woman to ever serve in the U.S. Congress at the age of 29. In October of 2020, she played Among Us on Twitch and she had over 400,000 viewers.
Family Life
She was born in the Bronx to two working-class parents of Puerto Rican descent, Blanca Ocasio-Cortez and Sergio Ocasio. She began a relationship with Riley Roberts in 2014. In May 2022, the couple announced their engagement.
Associated With
She served as an intern at the U.S. Immigration Office under former Senator Ted Kennedy.
Quotes
"Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"We must lean on others to strive on our own"
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"Oftentimes, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"They'll tell you you're too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"I need my colleagues to understand that...their base is not the enemy(11/2020 in New York Times)"
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"I learned that hope is not something that you have. Hope is something that you create, with your actions. Hope is something you have to manifest into the world, and once one person has hope, it can be contagious. Other people start acting in a way that has more hope."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"People really need to ask themselves why their communities chose to erect statues to slaveholders instead of abolitionists.(7/11/2020 on Twitter)"
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"If Republicans were willing to scrutinize billionaires *half* as much as they scrutinize people on food stamps, this country would be a much better place.(12/7/2019 on Twitter)"
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"Aggressive, overreaching wealth redistribution *does* happen in the United States, it just happens in the opposite direction conservatives scream about: our system takes money away from everyday people and siphons it towards the profanely wealthy.(9/16/2020 on Twitter)"
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