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Marcela Aguirre
Vice President of Digital Communications, National Immigration Forum, National Immigration Forum
Aguirre represents a new generation of Latina communications leaders — data-smart, mission-driven, and fluent in the mechanics of digital mobilization. At the National Immigration Forum, she drives national visibility on immigration policy, builds sustainable digital fundraising pipelines, and expands the Forum's reach among diverse stakeholders. Her work sits at the intersection of storytelling and systems — making digital spaces accountable to real lives.
Narrative
Marcela Aguirre turns stories into movements. As Vice President of Digital Communications at the National Immigration Forum in Washington, D.C., she leads campaigns that translate the complexity of immigration policy into narratives that move people — literally, from their screens to the halls of Congress. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, she carries the borderlands in her work: the understanding that the most important stories are told by the people living them.
Aguirre believes that stories can be scaled — but only when built on trust, data, and authentic narrative. She sees digital communications not as broadcasting but as bridge-building: connecting the lived experiences of immigrant communities to the policy conversations that shape their futures.
Anima Key
People show up when they feel seen.
Why They Belong
- Leads national immigration advocacy through digital mobilization at scale
- El Paso native bringing borderland truth to Washington's policy conversations
- Represents the communications infrastructure required for hemispheric reform
- Embodies the ecosystem's belief that narrative is not decoration — it is evidence
Legacy Vector
Marcela Aguirre is building the communications architecture that translates community truth into national momentum. Her work lives in inboxes and algorithms, but its echoes are real: policy shifted, stories centered, communities organized.
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