Wer ist alexandre orcesio kortes

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a politician and activist who was elected to represent New York’s 14th District in 2018. She was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives as the youngest woman and youngest Latino to serve in Congress. Passionate about science from an early age, Ocasio-Cortez competed in the 2007 ISEF before turning her attention to politics. In Congress, her advocacy efforts focus on progressive social issues, such as the Green New Deal and universal healthcare.

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Ocasio-Cortez presenting her research to ISEF judges in 2007. Her project focused on the effects of antioxidants on longevity. Speaking of Ocasio-Cortez in a New York Times interview, her high school science teacher Michael Bluegrass said, “She was interested in research to help people in all areas, including developing nations, not just for the people with money.”

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Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged her love of science in a 2018 tweet when she confirmed that an asteroid was named for her because of her experiments on longevity which she presented at ISEF.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez assumed office as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district on Jan. 3, 2019. Elected at age 29, she is the youngest women ever to serve in Congress.

Ocasio-Cortez was born October 13, 1989, in the Bronx, New York City. She graduated cum laude from Boston University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations and economics. During college, she was an intern in the immigration office of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. After college, Ocasio-Cortez worked as a bartender in Manhattan and as a waitress in a taqueria. She established a publishing firm, Brook Avenue Press, which specializes in children's literature that portrays the Bronx in a positive light. She worked as lead educational strategist at GAGEis, Inc. and was an educator at the nonprofit National Hispanic Institute. In 2016, Ocasio-Cortez worked as an organizer for Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign.

For information on Ocasio-Cortez's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.

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