Alejandra Zaga Mendez (born 1988)Young adults reflect on Fredy Villanueva's shooting death, by Elias Abboud; at CBC.ca; published August 8, 2018; retrieved October 4, 2022; 30 in August 2018 = born 1987 or 1988 is a Peruvian-born Canadian politician,Verdun: ALEJANDRA ZAGA MENDEZ, at QuebecSolidaire.net; archived at archive.org September 20, 2022; retrieved October 4, 2022 who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the riding of Verdun as a member of Québec solidaire."'Historic breakthrough': Quebec solidaire squeezes out a victory in Verdun". CTV News Montreal, October 3, 2022.
Following her election to the National Assembly in 2022, she was chosen to be the opposition critic for Environment, Wildlife and Parks; Natural Resources and Forests; Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Youth; and Relations with English-speaking Quebecers.
Early life Born in Lima, Peru in 1988, Zaga Mendez emigrated to Canada when she was fourteen. She first became involved in politics as a result of the 2008 shooting of Fredy Villanueva, and participated in the 2012 Quebec student protests on the campus of McGill University.Alejandra Zaga Mendez: The Importance of Local Activism - A Profile of Québec Solidaire Candidate for Bourassa-Sauvé, by Athina Khalid; at The McGill Daily; published September 24, 2018; retrieved October 4, 2022
She has a master's degree in natural resource management from McGill University and a doctorate in sustainable development from Université du Québec en Outaouais.
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External links Official site at the National Assembly of Quebec