Alexandra Rojas

Alexandra Rojas (born February 25, 1995) is an American activist and political commentator who is the executive director of Justice Democrats. In her political commentary, she has made appearances on CNN.[1][2]

Alexandra Rojas
Born (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma materOrange Coast College
Known forExecutive Director of Justice Democrats
Political partyDemocratic

Education

Between 2009 and 2013, Alexandra Rojas attended Glastonbury High School in Glastonbury, Connecticut. She went to Orange Coast College in Orange County, California from 2014 to 2016 to study Political Science and Economics. While at college, she was actively involved in campus politics and became the Students Senate President in 2015.[3] In 2016, she received a degree in political science and economics from the college.[4]

Political activism

After joining Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign as an intern, she served as digital field manager from January 2016 to June 2016 and helped run the volunteer-led "barnstorm" program.[5][6][7]

After the campaign ended, she became one of the founders of Brand New Congress, working on candidate recruitment.[7][8] Justice Democrats split from Brand New Congress to focus on running Democratic candidates and launching progressive primary challenges against long-time Democratic incumbents. Rojas became the group's executive director in May 2018, taking over from Saikat Chakrabarti who went on to become chief of staff for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Congress.[1]

Accolades

In 2019, Rojas was placed on TIME's Top 100 Next List for her work with Justice Democrats.[9]

References
  1. Felsenthal, Julia (November 25, 2019). "For Justice Democrats' Alexandra Rojas, AOC Was Just the Beginning". Vogue. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. Feller, Madison (March 1, 2019). "Meet the 24-Year-Old Who Helped Elect Your Favorite Congresswomen". Elle. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  3. Rusiniak, Nathan. "New pres. takes helm". Coast Report Online. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  4. Rey, Elaine (March 18, 2020). "CNN Commentator Alexandra Rojas Wiki, Bio, Age, Height, Net Worth, Husband, Instagram!!". aussiecelebs.com.au. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  5. Stuart, Tessa (November 21, 2018). "Can Justice Democrats Pull Off a Progressive Coup in Congress?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  6. Bond, Becky; Exley, Zack (2016). Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-60358-727-3. OCLC 960296827.
  7. Grim, Ryan (May 28, 2019). "How Bernie Sanders Accidentally Built a Groundbreaking Organizing Movement". The Intercept. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  8. Cook, Christopher D. (October 19, 2016). "What's Next for Bernie's Revolution?". Progressive.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  9. TIME (2019). "TIME 100 Next 2019". TIME. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
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