OCASIO-CORTEZ, ALEXANDRIA, a Representative from New York; born in New York City, Bronx County, N.Y., October 13, 1989; graduated from Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., 2007; B.A., Boston University, Boston, Mass., 2011; community organizer; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (January 3, 2019-present).