Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Biography in Details

Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

American Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a politician.

Cortez is popular as the U.S. Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district.

Also, she happens to be the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez- Birth Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings, Education

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was born on 3rd January in 1989 in New York City, New York in a Catholic family.

She is of Spanish ethnicity with Taino Indians, Spanish colonizers, and Jewish ancestry.

She is the daughter of Blanca Ocasio-Cortez and Sergio Ocasio.

His father, Sergio Ocasio was born in Puerto Rico whereas his father, Sergio is an architect born in a Puerto Rican family. She has a younger brother, Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez.

Along with her family, she moved to Yorktown Heights from Parkchester when she was five years old.

Education

Moving toward her academics, she completed her High School education at Yorktown High School.

In 2008, she joined Boston University. The year, she lost her father, Sergio due to lung cancer.

In 2011, she graduated from the university with Honors in Arts majoring in economics and international relations.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez- Career Highlights

Early Career to 2017

– She started her career as a bartender and waitress to help her mother.

Later, she started her own Brook Avenue Press. Also, she got associated with the nonprofit, National Hispanic Institute.

– In 2016, she worked as an organizer for the primary election for Bernie Sander’s presidential campaign.

Following the general election, she traveled throughout America including the places like Flint, North Dakota, and Michigan.

There, she spoke on the Flint water crisis and Dakota Access Pipeline.

– In 2017, she received the National Hispanic Institute Person of the Year. In June of the year, she first announced her candidacy during an interview with Jimmy Dore.

2018 to Present

– After that, in April 2018, she started her campaign while waiting tables and tending the bar at Flats Fix.

She became the first person to challenge Joe Crowley. In the campaign, she was at a major disadvantage due to the lack of finances for the campaign.

– On 15th June 2018, she encountered Crowley face to face at the local political talk show, Inside City Hall during the campaign. On 26th June, she won the primary election against Joe with 57.13%. Her victory created headlines in the world of politics as Joe remained undefeated for the position for 10 years.

– On 6th November, she faced the Republican nominee Anthony Pappas for the general election, She won the general election with 78% of the vote. In 2019, she started serving as the U.S Representative for New York’s 14th Congressional district.

– In the 2020 campaign, she was challenged by the American Journalist and former political candidate, Michelle Caruso-Cabrara in the Democratic Primary. She won the nomination. After that, she was re-elected as the U.S representative for the region once more defeating the Republican Challengers nominee John Cummings and Antoine Tucker.

– On 20th October 2020, she hosted the social deduction game, Among Us on Twitch.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez- Net Worth, Salary

As of 2021, she has an estimated net worth of $1 million. Her earnings as the United States Representative are in the range of $173k per annum.

Body Measurements: Height & Weight

She has black eyes with brunette hair. She stands at a height of 5 feet and 4 inches and weighs around 60 kg. Her body measurements are 29-27-34 inches. Also, she wears a shoe of size 8 (U.S).

Controversy & Rumors

She has been in the headlines when an incident was reported on July 20, 2020. As per the report, Alexandria was verbally assaulted by Republican Representative Ted Yoho. Also, Yoho has allegedly used sexist words during heated arguments.

However, Mr. Yoho’s office denied the use of the word. On 22nd July 2020, Yoho addresses the matter on the House floor without using her name. In the speech, he apologized for the abrupt manner that he showed in his conversation. Also, he mentioned that he has been married for 45 years old with two daughters and he is extremely conscious of his word.

The following year, she responded to Yoho’s comments stating that she condemned the male privilege and sexist behavior and culture. Besides that, she also criticized Yoho for hiding behind his wife and daughters.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez- Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

She has 8.7 million followers on Instagram, 1.8 million on Facebook, and 12.7 m on Twitter.

On Instagram, she is following the personalities like Tyler Mitchell, Kyle Williams, and Hasan Piker.

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