Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is best known and referred to, especially on social media, by her initials, AOC.

She is the current U.S. representative for New York’s 14th congressional district.

What is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez parents nationality?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was born in The Bronx to a Catholic family with working-class parents.

Her father, Sergio Ocasio-Roman, was born to a Puerto Rican family and is a second-generation Bronxite. He was an architect who ran a small business.

Her mother, Blanca Ocasio-Cortez, was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She later moved to New York from Arecibo, Puerto Rico. There, she worked as a domestic worker and cleaned homes.

The family lived in the Bronx till Alexandria was five, then they moved to a house in suburban Yorktown Heights.

Her father passed away at the age of 48 from cancer in 2008. Due to this, her mother had to take another job driving a school bus.