9 Facts You Never Knew About Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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After her dad died, she took a week off of school and then went right back to her studies. She comes from a working-class family so there wasn't much time to mourn.

She told an audience at a Queens synagogue that her family has distant ties to Judaism.

The popular American sic-fi writer is a huge inspiration to her especially when it comes to regulating technology and media consumption.

Her parents let her stay up late and watch Captain Laneway lead her crew. This definitely had a big effect on her as a woman of color looking to lead.

She worked as a bartender and waitress in 2017 to supplement her mom's income, which is not too long ago! She's come a long way.

The devastating storm that hit Puerto-Rico in 2017 took her own grandfather's life. The public found this out when she came back at Trump after he said there weren't many people recorded who died from the storm.

She didn't get her pay check until three months after accepting the job and couldn't afford to pay rent right away so she had to sublet a place with her boyfriend.

Someone's making a comic-book with her as the heroine. It's the same comic book company who made one of Obama years ago.