Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a break between visiting Amazon union staff and endorsing progressive candidates to get engaged to her longtime associate Riley Roberts.
Ocasio-Cortez, 32, confirmed to Insider on Thursday that she and Roberts, who met whereas each have been at Boston College, bought engaged final month whereas visiting her mother and father’ house city in Puerto Rico.
She then wrote on Twitter: “It’s true! Thanks all for the nicely needs.”
In response to Insider, the pair have been quiet about their relationship even earlier than Ocasio-Cortez turned a well-liked political voice, and their buddies at college didn't all the time know they have been collectively.
Roberts has additionally been considered one of her best assist programs all through her profession, in response to a biography revealed earlier this yr, Individuals journal reported.
“What we do learn about Roberts doesn’t match the stereotype of a politician’s associate,” writes Josh Gondelman in an essay in Take Up Area: The Unprecedented AOC by the editors of New York journal.
“He doesn’t appear focus-grouped or media-trained for state dinners and press conferences. We all know he’s supportive and inspiring in personal,” Gondelman writes. “And his experience, so far as his public picture goes, is his elusiveness and restraint.”
The few occasions Roberts, a advertising and marketing skilled, has popped up in media it has been with the couple’s canine, Deco, or within the 2018 documentary Knock Down the Home.
Ocasio-Cortez mentioned she and Roberts wouldn't begin planning a marriage for not less than a month.
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