About

Alicia Menendez is a social commentator based in Washington, DC.  After graduating from Harvard College, she joined  Jon Corzine’s successful 2005 gubernatorial race, and served as a primary surrogate on her father’s successful 2006 bid for the US Senate.  Since then, she has worked as Political Outreach Manager for Rock the Vote, and Communications Director for Democracia USA.  She currently works as a Senior Advisor at the center-left think tank, NDN.

At Harvard, Menendez’s senior honors thesis on women’s social capital drew the attention of  US News and World Reports, The New York Times, and The Harvard Crimson, which named Menendez one of the 15 most interesting members of the class of 2005. That same year, Menendez was selected to deliver the undergraduate commencement address.

Menendez is originally from Union City, NJ. She has no idea why this is written in the third person, but agrees that the glamour shot above is hilarious.  You can check out her writer collective at DailyGrito.com and their partner site, Politic365.com, as well as her project to elevate the national discourse around immigration at DefineAmerican.com.