Dr. Aguirre has also held appointments at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University's Economics Department. She serves and has served as an officer in different capacities on several organizations' Boards. Among them is the Commission on the Status of Women in the Professions, a working group of the American Economic Association. Her work has been published in numerous academic journals. She has also served as advisor to several governments on women's education, family policies and health, and has previously advised several U.N. representatives.