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A collection of essays celebrating a remarkable young Latina politician who has already made historyFrom the moment Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat a ten-term incumbent in the primary election for New York's 14th on June 26, 2018, her journey to the national, if not world, stage, was fast-tracked. Six months later, as the youngest Congresswoman ever elected, AOC became one of a handful of Latina politicians in Washington, D.C. Not yet thirty, she inspires adulation; she represents her generation, the millennials, in many groundbreaking ways: proudly working class, Democratic Socialist, of Puerto Rican descent, not to mention of the Bronx, feminist--and a great dancer. At the same time, the outpouring of vitriol against her has been formidable. But with her social media savvy and sharp wit, she fights back, creating memes and quotable lines like "Don't hate me cause you ain't me".