Alejandra Campoverdi has, at different parts of her life, been: a child on welfare, a White House aide to Barack Obama, a Harvard student, a gang member’s girlfriend and a candidate for U.S. Congress. All the aspects of her identity have, on occasion, been difficult to navigate – which is why she maps it out in this memoir. A major theme of her life she writes about is the concept of being the “first and only.” She’s a first-generation Latina raised by a single mother in Los Angeles, and has grown up grappling with the idea of belonging. This book, described as “part memoir, part manifesto,” reflects on the multidimensionality that lots of first-generation people – especially women – don’t feel like they are allowed to have. She writes about all the different parts of her life and career without worrying about fitting them together into a neat puzzle. This is a must-read for any woman who has felt pressured to fit a certain image for the benefit of others.
My book, Redeemed, A Memoir of a Stolen Childhood will be published June 25, 2024.
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