ALEJANDRA CAMPOVERDI is a nationally recognized advocate for educational opportunity and women’s health, a bestselling author, founder, and former White House aide to President Obama.

Alejandra's national bestselling book, FIRST GEN, is the winner of the Dolores Huerta Award by the International Latino Book Awards, who also named Alejandra its 2024 Rising Star in Nonfiction. FIRST GEN is also the winner of the Martin Cruz Smith Award and was chosen by the Council for Opportunity in Education as their 2024 Opportunity Matters Book Club selection, a nationwide book club for first-generation and low-income students at colleges and universities across the country.

In 2024, Alejandra founded the First Gen Fund, a 501c3 that provides hardship grants directly to first gen students. She produced the groundbreaking PBS health documentary Inheritance, and founded the LATINOS & BRCA awareness initiative in partnership with Penn Medicine’s Basser Center for BRCA. Previously, Alejandra served in the Obama White House as White House Deputy Director of Hispanic Media.

Alejandra holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California. She currently serves on the board of the California Community Foundation and is a Senior Fellow at the USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.