Alicia Aguirre

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ABOUT ALICIA AGUIRRE

Alicia Aguirre is a former Mayor and council member. She is a professor in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a former elected member of the City Council in the City of Redwood City where she has served as Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council member. She is the first Latina Mayor in the history of Redwood City. She also served as a Trustee and President of the Redwood City Elementary School Board prior to joining the City Council.Professionally, Alicia is a professor at Cañada College. She is the Coordinator and a professor in the ESL Department and teaches the Spanish Department. She holds an M.A. from Eastern Michigan University and has done Doctoral studies in Social Anthropology at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. She was a Fulbright Exchange Professor in Argentina.Alicia is the daughter of immigrant parents from Mexico, first generation to graduate from college, proud mother of two young men with four grandchildren.Alicia is a regional leader focused on issues of social equity and immigrant rights, affordable housing, transportation, and economic empowerment for all socio-economic residents of Redwood City and the region.As an active community member, she has served on numerous boards and commissions in Redwood City, San Mateo County, the Bay Area Region, and the State of California and has received many awards. Some of these include: • Woman of the Year 2012 State of California 21st Assembly District‘s by Assemblyman Rich Gordon• Recipient of the OHTLI Award and Medal by the Mexican Government• Madrina Award, One Million NIU (New Internet Users)• President of the Statewide Latino Caucus Executive Board of the League of California Cities• Chair, Commission of Silicon Valley Clean Water• Chair, San Mateo County Express Lanes JPA Board• Chair, South Bayside Waste Management Authority• Inducted into the Redwood City San Mateo County Chamber Hall of Fame• Treasurer of the Latino Political Action Committee of San Mateo County• Chair, CCAG - City County Association of Governments of San Mateo County Board• President of the Peninsula Division of the League of CA Cities• Board Member of the Redwood City Chamber-San Mateo County• Board Member of Philanthropic Ventures Foundation• Board Member AIandYou • Chair of the Redwood City San Mateo Chamber Leadership Committee • Advisory Council, Upward Scholars• Commissioner, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, representing the Cities of San Mateo County• President of the Board, Service League of San Mateo County• Trustee, Notre Dame De Namur University