Darializa Avila Chevalier

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Darializa Avila Chevalier (born 1993 or 1994), also known as DAC, is an American political candidate and community organizer. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, she is the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th congressional district in 2026, having defeated incumbent Adriano Espaillat in the primary. Born and raised in Florida, Avila Chevalier moved to New York City in 2012 to study at Columbia College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Middle Eastern studies. She is a doctoral student in sociology at the City University of New York, studying the way black immigrants from Latin America are impacted by the U.S. criminal system and deportation.

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