{{Short description|American political activist}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Alexandra Rojas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|2|25}} | birth_place = East Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Orange Coast College | political_party = Democratic }} '''Alexandra Rojas''' (born February 25, 1995) is an American activist and political commentator who is the executive director of Justice Democrats. She has provided political commentary on CNN.<ref name="Vogue">{{cite web |last1=Felsenthal |first1=Julia |date=November 25, 2019 |title=For Justice Democrats' Alexandra Rojas, AOC Was Just the Beginning |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandra-rojas-interview-justice-democrats |website=Vogue |access-date=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Feller|first=Madison|date=March 1, 2019 |title=Meet the 24-Year-Old Who Helped Elect Your Favorite Congresswomen|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a26537786/alexandra-rojas-justice-democrats-interview/|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=Elle|language=en-US}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rusiniak|first=Nathan|title=New pres. takes helm|url=http://www.coastreportonline.com/campus_news/news/article_706e0c10-d502-11e5-895c-83f4cc8f8391.html|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=Coast Report Online|language=en}}</ref> In 2016, she received a degree in political science and economics.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
==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.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Stuart|first=Tessa|date=November 21, 2018|title=Can Justice Democrats Pull Off a Progressive Coup in Congress?|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/who-are-justice-democrats-758447/|access-date=August 17, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last1=Bond|first1=Becky|last2=Exley|first2=Zack|title=Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything|publisher=Chelsea Green Publishing|year=2016|isbn=978-1-60358-727-3|location=White River Junction, Vermont|pages=151|oclc=960296827}}</ref><ref name="Grim">{{Cite web|last=Grim|first=Ryan|date=May 28, 2019|title=How Bernie Sanders Accidentally Built a Groundbreaking Organizing Movement|url=https://theintercept.com/2019/05/28/bernie-sanders-accidental-organizing-movement-book/|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=The Intercept|language=en-US}}</ref>
After the campaign ended, she became one of the founders of Brand New Congress, working on candidate recruitment.<ref name="Grim"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=Christopher D.|date=October 19, 2016|title=What's Next for Bernie's Revolution?|url=https://progressive.org/%3Fq%3Dnews/2016/10/189006/whats-next-bernies-revolution/|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=Progressive.org|language=en-us}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Vogue" />
Rojas appeared in Rachel Lears' 2022 documentary film, ''To the End'', which focuses on the effects of climate change. The film debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|author=Dennis Harvey |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/to-the-end-review-1235158133/ |title='To the End' Review: A Doc on Pushing For Climate Policy Change |publisher=Variety |date=January 23, 2022 |accessdate=May 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Leslie Felperin |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/to-the-end-review-sundance-2022-1235079660/ |title='To the End' Review: Rachel Lears' New AOC Doc at Sundance – The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=January 23, 2022 |accessdate=May 20, 2022}}</ref> and was presented at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2022.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jill Goldsmith |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/tribeca-festival-2022-lineup-film-tv-1235005218/ |title=Tribeca Festival 2022 Lineup With Jon Hamm, Ray Romano, Bryan Cranston – Deadline |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |date=April 19, 2022 |access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref>
==Accolades== In 2019, Rojas was placed on ''Time''{{'s}} Top 100 Next List for her work with Justice Democrats.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=2019 |title=Time 100 Next 2019 |url=https://time.com/collection/time-100-next-2019/5718884/alexandra-rojas/ |magazine=Time |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref>
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