Helen Aguirre Ferré
American journalist
Helen Aguirre Ferré (born 1957) is a Nicaraguan American journalist and the former executive director for the Republican Party of Florida. She previously served as Communications Director for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Aguirre Ferré was the Director for Strategic Communications and Public Affairs at the National Endowment for the Arts from August to December 2018 and the White House's Director of Media Affairs from January 2017 to August 2018. Prior to that, she hosted the public affairs program Issues on WPBT 2.
Career
Aguirre Ferré was an op-ed columnist for the Miami Herald. She hosted a Spanish-language talk radio show on Univision America until 2015.
Aguirre Ferré is a former Opinion Page Editor of Diario Las Americas.
Aguirre Ferré was the first female President of the
District Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College. She declined to run for re-election as chair of MDC's board of trustees amid pressure from immigration activists. Ferré's decision came after local and national immigrant advocacy groups launched online petitions calling on her to step down from her chairmanship or resign from the board altogether, citing Donald Trump's "anti-Hispanic hate" and "anti-immigrant agenda." The college has a large immigrant student population.
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