Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a former waitress/bartender, came to national attention in 2018 when she won her first run for political office, defeating ten-term incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley (I) in the primary election for the Democratic Party nomination for New York's 14th Congressional District and then won the seat in the general election. She previously worked on the Bernie Sanders campaign during the 2016 US Presidential Election. She was born and raised in the Bronx.