13 Facts About Alejandra Campoverdi

Alejandra Campoverdi was born on September 20,1979 and is an American women's health advocate, best-selling author, and former White House aide.

Under President Barack Obama, Campoverdi was the first White House Deputy Director of Hispanic Media.

Alejandra Campoverdi spent her childhood sharing a cramped apartment in Santa Monica with extended family.

Alejandra Campoverdi later received her Master of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Alejandra Campoverdi's focus during the campaign was outreach to various constituent groups, including the Latino community.

Alejandra Campoverdi later became the first ever White House Deputy Director of Hispanic Media.

In December 2016, Alejandra Campoverdi announced that she would seek the nomination of the Democratic Party in the 34th congressional district special election, to replace Xavier Becerra, who had been appointed to succeed Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California.

Alejandra Campoverdi has served or currently serves on the Boards of Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, the California Community Foundation, the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, UCLA's Center for Diverse Leadership in Science, and the Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino, and she is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

In 2017, Alejandra Campoverdi was appointed to serve as a Commissioner for the California Children and Families Commission, known as First 5 California.

Alejandra Campoverdi made the protection of access to affordable healthcare and the Affordable Care Act a focus of her congressional campaign, choosing to speak publicly about her personal health in an effort to bring attention to the stakes of limited access to healthcare.

In 2017, Alejandra Campoverdi was awarded Penn Medicine's Basser Center for BRCA's inaugural YLC Distinguished Advocacy Award for her advocacy around BRCA-related cancers.

In 2020, Alejandra Campoverdi produced and appeared in the PBS documentary Inheritance.

Alejandra Campoverdi was named the 2024 Rising Star by the International Latino Book Awards.