Candidate for
Council Member; City of Redwood City

Alicia Carmen Aguirre

• Vice Mayor of the Redwood City Council
• Professor at Caņada College for 23 years and is teaching in the English Institute and the Spanish Department.
• Appointed to the Redwood City Council in January, 2005 and elected in November, 2005 and 2007
• Served as a Trustee and the President of the Redwood City Elementary School Board
• Past Board Member, Mt. Carmel School
• Past Board Member, Garfield Charter School
• Chair of the Utilities Committee for the City of Redwood City
• Board Member, Service League of San Mateo County
• Board Member, Sequoia Awards
• Chair, Redwood City San Mateo County Chamber Leadership Program
• Board Member, Latino Community Council of Redwood City
• Board Member, Redwood City International
• Past Board Member, Youth and Family Assistance
• Executive Board of the Latino Caucus of the League of California Cities
• Past Board Member, Shelter Network
• Co-Chair of the Latino Leadership Council of San Mateo
• Past Board Member, Redwood City Library Foundation
• Treasurer of the newly formed Latino Political Action Committee of San Mateo County
• Graduate of the Redwood City San Mateo County Leadership Program
• Graduate of the Partnership Academy for Community Team Building (PACT) and Community Builders Program
• Inducted into the Redwood City San Mateo County Chamber Hall of Fame
• Former Visiting Dean at the Sequoia Union High School District as Director of English Learners
• M.A. from Eastern Michigan University and has done Doctoral studies in Social Anthropology at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City
• Fulbright Exchange Professor in Argentina