Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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But this was actually like a capitalistic crisis.
And yeah, and my dad like literally grew up playing in the rubble and.
At six years old, he saw all these buildings going down.
And he decided that he wanted to help be a person that built them back up.
So at six, he decided he wanted to become an architect.
And he went to school, New York City Public Schools.
He got into Brooklyn Tech.
He would, like, study on the subways.
But, like, he grew up in, like, a one-bedroom apartment.
And my mom grew up in, well, she was originally born in a rural area in Puerto Rico, Utuado.
And then they moved to this other area of Puerto Rico.
But, like, you know, my parents really, really, really came from nothing.
So, you know, I grew up around this real fidelity to the American dream.
Like if you work hard, you can make it.