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Native trailblazersSummary: Essays and reported stories on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's meteoric rise and impact written by New York magazine's top writers and commentators provide an in-depth look at the youngest member of the 116th Congress, and the youngest woman to serve as a representative in U.S. history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OCASIO-CORTEZ, ALEXANDRIA MILLopez, Lynda
Summary: "From the moment Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat a ten-term incumbent in the primary election for New York's 14th, her journey to the national, if not world, stage, was fast-tracked. AOC investigates her symbolic and personal significance for so many, fromher willingness to use her imperfect bi-lingualism, to the threat she poses by governing like a man, to the long history of Puerto Rican...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 328.73 LOPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B OCASIO-CORTEZ LOPCutright, Patricia J.
Summary: "Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 7th Generation Native Voices 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 CUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 973 CUTGonzalez, Xochitl
Summary: It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo are bold faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular Congressman representing their gentrifying, Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022