Darializa Avila Chevalier
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- Occupation
- Investigator, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem; doctoral candidate in sociology
- Lives in
- New York City
Background
- B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies, Columbia College, Columbia University (2016); doctoral candidate in sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Born and raised in Florida to Dominican immigrant parents; moved to New York City in 2012. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Has worked as an investigator at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, a public defender organization, and has taught at CUNY Lehman College and New York University. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Was an organizing lead on Zohran Mamdani's 2025 New York City mayoral campaign. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Defeated incumbent Adriano Espaillat in the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary for New York's 13th District. source: news.ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- Abolish ICE source: darializaforcongress.com
- Babies, Not Bombs source: darializaforcongress.com
- Medicare for All source: darializaforcongress.com
- Housing for All source: darializaforcongress.com
- Fighting Corporate Greed source: darializaforcongress.com
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