The family moved to Westchester County when she was five, and she went on to attend Yorktown High School Initially, the young family lived in Parkchester, a planned community of 171 mid-rise brick buildings in the Bronx.
Ocasio-Cortez was born in 1989 to parents Sergio Ocasio-Roman, who was born in New York City, and mother Blanca Ocasio-Cortez, a native of Puerto Rico.