Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is arguably one of the mostfamousand up-and-coming politicians out there.
Plus herskincare regimenis alsoclearlyoutstanding, as areher makeupandfashionskills.
Thatbold red lipis on fleek.
What else is there to know about this congressional phenom?
And how has she changed since she was a little girl?
She’s also a native of the Bronx and has extremely deep roots in the community.
“That is the institutional memory of my family and multigenerational New York families.”
She added that memories like that are becoming more and more rare, making them rather unique.
“My family is three generations deep in the Bronx,” she continued.
And it was during some especially challenging times that her parents' story began in the long-maligned borough.
That’s because her cousins remained in the Bronx, while she was out in the suburbs.
“We had a great life there,” she recalled in an interview withThe Daily Mail.
Then in high school, she became a “voracious reader” of history and biography books.
All in all, that sounds pretty idyllic.
he revealed in an interview withThe New York Times.
That’s insanely impressive for a high school student!
Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have a distinguished college career?
“We were really working on the classic American dream,” she recalled in an interview with60 Minutes.
But she was able to manage it, and she started at Boston University.
During her tenure in Beantown, Ocasio-Cortez was quite the busy bee, according to theBoston Universitywebsite.
Ocasio-Cortez graduated in 2011, with honors, according to anarchived versionof the 2011 Boston University Commencement program.
That’s no small feat!
This was a major blow for Ocasio-Cortez, who loved her father and took his passing very hard.
“I channeled it into my studies,” she shared in an interview withThe New Yorker.
“That’s how I dealt with it.
I was home for a week and went right back to school.”
“My father pretty much died with nothing,” she explained in an interview withThe Intercept.
“He left us almost nothing except we had a house and small things here and there.”
Thus her fire was finally kindled.
It just so happened that right at that time, an opportunity came knocking for Ocasio-Cortez.
Of course, she said yes, and her political career was born.
“All I can say is thank you.
Thank you to everyone who believes in this movement,” she wrote in the caption.
She took toInstagramthe next day to thank her many supporters.
“[Thanks] to every organizer, supporter, and small-dollar donor who made this happen.”
Look out, Washington!
This platform has drawn the ire of her political opponents, some of whom have called her radical.
However, that label doesn’t bother Ocasio-Cortez.
“Abraham Lincoln made the radical decision to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt made the radical decision to embark on establishing programs like Social Security.”
“Yeah,” she continued.
“You know, if that’s what radical means, call me a radical.”
“I love him,” she gushed in a 2019 interview with theDaily Mail.
“He is the most loving, supporting person I’ve seen.
He helped her tremendously during the election.”
As for their future?
Blanca has some hopes for the couple.
“So, I hope theyget married soon.
Although they haven’t told me anything about their plans.”
Only time will tell!
So while some call it impossible, she clearly thinks the bill could go even further.
“And so that’s really what we’re trying to accomplish with the Green New Deal.”
Who knows what the future may bring!
