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Alejandra Silva
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Silva in 2024
Born
Alejandra María Silva García-Baquero

(1983-02-16) 16 February 1983 (age 42)
Occupation Publicist
Spouse(s)
Govind Friedland
(m. 2012; div. 2015)
(m. 2018)
Children 3

Alejandra María Silva García-Baquero (born on February 16, 1983) is a Spanish woman known for her work in public relations and for helping others. She is also involved in social causes.

Early Life and Work

Growing Up in Spain

Alejandra Silva was born in A Coruña, a city in Spain. Her father, Ignacio Silva, was a businessman. He was also the former Vice President of the famous Real Madrid Football Club.

Starting Her Career

Silva began her career by working as an intern at an advertising agency in Madrid. Later, in 2005, she started a job in sales and marketing. This job was at a private company that worked with airplanes.

Helping Others

Supporting Children in Need

Alejandra Silva is very passionate about helping people. In 2007, she helped start a special project called Beautiful Life Fund. She worked on this with model Karolina Kurkova. The goal of this project was to help children who were in difficult situations. This included children who were refugees, victims of war, or homeless. The fund aimed to make sure these children could get an education and have a better life.

Soccer for Good Causes

In 2010, Silva joined a project by the Real Madrid Football Club Foundation. This project focused on Africa. She helped create soccer leagues there. These leagues were a way to bring children from less fortunate backgrounds into their local communities. It also helped promote sports and good values among families in Africa.

Continuing Her Activism

Through her work with nonprofit groups, Silva met the American actor Richard Gere. She has continued her efforts to help others. She supports organizations like The Rais Foundation for the Homeless. This shows her ongoing commitment to making a positive difference in the world.

Personal Life

Family and Relationships

Alejandra Silva has been married twice. She had a son in December 2012 with her first husband, Govind Friedland. They later divorced in 2015.

By October 2015, Silva was in a relationship with actor Richard Gere. He had been a friend of her family for a long time. They got married in April 2018 at Gere's home in New York.

Welcoming Children

Alejandra and Richard Gere welcomed their first son together in early February 2019. In April 2020, they had their second son. This means they have three children in total.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Alejandra Gere para niños

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