Career

Aguilar has worked as a television reporter at WDHO-TV, Toledo Ohio, KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi,TX, KENS-TV, San Antonio, TX, USA Today on TV, Washington, DC, KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ, KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, CA, and KDFW-TV, Dallas, TX.

Her first reporting post in 1981 was at ABC in Toledo. She has won several local Emmys and won 2005 Texas Associated Press Reporter of the Year. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists

National Association of Hispanic Journalists

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is a Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to the advancement of Hispanic journalists in the United States and Puerto Rico...

 named her Broadcast Journalist of the Year in 2007, and she has been a member of their board since 2010 as the general at-large officer.

Aguilar was suspended by KDFW-TV, a Fox affiliate, on 16 October 2007 following an interview the previous day with a 70-year-old salvage merchant who had shot and killed two burglars in three weeks. She received threats for the report. According to the station the interview was "overly aggressive". Following her dismissal in March 2008, she filed a case with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is an independent federal law enforcement agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, perceived intelligence,...

. She unsuccessfully sued Fox for wrongful dismissal, losing the jury trial in December 2010.

In August 2009, Aguilar set up Wise Latinas Linked, a social networking group on Facebook

Facebook

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Personal life

Aguilar was born in Napoleon, Ohio

Napoleon, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 9,318 people, 3,813 households, and 2,470 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,668.1 people per square mile . There were 4,066 housing units at an average density of 727.9 per square mile...

. Her parents were undocumented workers when they came to this country. Her parents evenutally obtained green cards. Her father was a union organizer at United Auto Workers. Her mother became a migrants rights advocate. Together her parents worked on civil rights issues. Aguilar grew up picking vegetables in the fields of Ohio and Michigan.

Aguilar graduated from Napoleon High School and got her Communications degree from Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...

, minoring in journalism.