Alicia Aguirre is the former Mayor of the City Redwood City and is a serving member of the City Council. She was appointed in January, 2005 and was elected in November, 2005, 2007, and 2011. She also served as a Trustee and the President of the Redwood City Elementary School Board.
Alicia is a professor at Cañada College. She has taught there since 1988 in the English Institute and the Spanish Departments. She was also a former Visiting Dean at the Sequoia Union High School District as Director of English Learners. She holds an M.A. from Eastern Michigan University. She was a Fulbright Exchange Professor in Argentina.