“Some people are born into a last name, some are married into it, and some experience both sides . My grandmother was born with the last name Ayala & married into the last name Aguirre, legally known now as Soledad de Aguirre. I was born into the last name Aguirre—full name Alexis Aguirre. My brands name is Alexis de Aguirre. I chose to add the punctuation (de) meaning (of) [a punctuation added to some Latina women’s who marry into a new last name], so the (de) in Alexis de Aguirre is an homage to my grandmother, as she was the individual who raised my dad and all of my close family members—not the individual who she inherited that last name from and was passed on to me.”

- Alexis Aguirre(AA)