A lot has changed over the last decade for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Following her meteoric rise to the youngest-ever congresswoman at 29, she has gone from a Bronx-born bartender to the new poster girl of American politics and a household name.

In her first year in office, Ocasio-Cortez, a vocal supporter of double-cleansing and higher taxes for the rich, has upended politics, dismantled outdated narratives and inspired a new guard of women and people of colour to run against long-serving incumbents.

She has gone from working in restaurants to being on the cover of TIME and from fighting off foreclosure of her family home to starring in a critically-acclaimed Netflix documentary.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's advice about the power of resilience is our 2020 mantra