Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Education: Where Did AOC Go To College?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is best known, especially on social media by her initials, AOC. She became well-known as the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez education: Where did AOC go to college?

She attended Yorktown High School and graduated in 2007. In high school and later in college, she went by the name Sandy Ocasio.

In the same year, she participated in the microbiology category of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Her research project on the effect of antioxidants on the lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

In high school, she took part in the National Hispanic Institute’s Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session.

After her graduation, she was enrolled at Boston University with a John F. Lopez Fellowship. In her sophomore year, her father died of lung cancer at the age of 48.

When did AOC graduate from Boston University?

In 2011, graduated cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both international relations and economics.

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