Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Thank you for having me.
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
I mean, my first job was as a hostess at an Irish pub in suburban Westchester when I was in high school.
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
But then, yeah, I...
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
You know, in my 20s, too, I graduated college during the Great Recession, like a lot of us did.
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Job market was brutal.
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
And, you know, my dad had gotten sick and passed away when I was a teenager while I was in college.
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My mom was a single mom.
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
She cleaned houses.
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
She drove school buses.
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
And we almost were on the brink of losing our house.
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
And so at that time...
It's Open with Ilana Glazer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
waitressing and bartending.