Alejandra Zaga Mendez | |
Birth Date: | 1987/1988 |
Party: | Québec solidaire |
Residence: | Verdun, Quebec |
Honorific-Suffix: | MNA |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Verdun |
Term Start1: | October 3, 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Isabelle Melançon |
Office2: | President of Québec solidaire |
Term Start2: | November 21, 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Nika Deslauriers |
Alejandra Zaga Mendez (1987/88[1] in Lima, Peru[2]) is a Canadian politician, 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.[3]
Zaga Mendez emigrated to Canada from Peru when she was fourteen.[3] 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.[4]
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.[2]