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Jessica Aguirre is a first generation Cuban-American, the daughter of immigrants. She grew up in Florida.
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Aguirre began her broadcasting career while a student at the University of Miami. While living in Florida, she was hired as a general assignment reporter for Fox affiliate WSVN. She was promoted to co-anchor for the station"s 10:00 pm newscast, which also featured a young Jillian Warry reporting the weather. Aguirre then made her way to Los Angeles, California, where she worked at American Broadcasting Company owned-and-operated station KABC-television as a reporter and anchor.
After her work in Los Angeles, in the mid-1990s, Aguirre came to the San Francisco Bay Area where she was hired by KGO-television Channel 7.
After leaving her KGO position, Aguirre was hired as an anchor for National Broadcasting Company-owned-and-operated station KNTV Channel 11. She currently anchors the station"s 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm newscasts, as well as hosting the Emmy-nominated National Broadcasting Company Class Action.
Aguirre has reported from Cuba, and has covered Hurricane Andrew and the Oklahoma City bombing. She has covered race riots in Miami, and prison riots in Atlanta and Louisiana.
She has reported from GITMO, the prison at Guantanamo Bay and from London, England on Princess Diana.
Aguirre supports the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Raphael House shelter, and El Hogar De Los Ninos, a Bay Area non-profit which provides education for children in Nicaragua.
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