New York (CNN Business) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez graced the cover of this week's issue of Time magazine, further cementing the freshman congresswoman's status as a national figure.

The headline adorning the cover, paired next to a shot of Ocasio-Cortez, dubbed her, "The Phenom."

In the accompanying story by Time's national correspondent Charlotte Alter, Ocasio-Cortez talks about her growing celebrity, saying she "can't go anywhere in public and just be a person without a lot of people watching everything I do."

As Alter put it, "Ocasio-Cortez has become the second most talked-about politician in America, after the President of the United States."

The 29-year-old Ocasio-Cortez, who was elected last year following an upset in the Democratic primary over longtime New York congressman Joe Crowley, also described what she believes is causing the divide within her party.

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