[8] A strong academic performer, Alejandra attended Saint Monica Catholic High School on financial assistance and with the support of non-profits and pipeline programs.

Campoverdi also worked on White House communications around a broad range of issues, including the Affordable Care Act and its effects on the Latino community.

[15] After departing the White House, Campoverdi held various senior leadership roles in media, including at Univision and the Los Angeles Times.

[16][6] [17] In December 2016, Campoverdi announced that she would seek the nomination of the Democratic Party in the 34th congressional district special election, to replace Xavier Becerra, who had been appointed to succeed Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California.

The Commission is a statewide body that is dedicated to improving the lives of California’s youngest citizens and their families through a multi-faceted approach that includes education, health services, childcare, and other vital programs.

[1] Previously, she was a volunteer teacher for InsideOUT Writers, through which she taught a weekly creative writing class to incarcerated youth in Los Angeles’ Central Juvenile Hall.

[9] In March 2017, Campoverdi revealed in a profile by The Washington Post that she inherited the BRCA2 gene mutation, giving her an 85% risk of developing breast cancer, and that she planned to have a preventive double mastectomy.

Routine testing of the removed tissue subsequently revealed she had unknowingly had Stage 0, non-invasive breast cancer,[25] which every previous mammogram, ultrasound, and MRI had not detected.

Named one of the “Best Documentaries of 2020” by ELLE, Inheritance follows three women's experience with hereditary breast cancer and the BRCA gene mutation, as they undergo life-altering medical procedures in the hope of reducing their risk and saving their own lives.