Sarah Aquino was elected to the Folsom City Council in November 2018 and was chosen by her colleagues to serve as vice mayor in 2019, mayor in 2020, and vice mayor in 2021.  Prior to her election to the Council, Sarah served four years as a member of the Board of Education for the Folsom Cordova Unified School District.

She is the city’s representative to the Association of California Cities Allied with Public Safety, Folsom Tourism and Economic Development Corporation, and the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. Sarah represents California’s 1st Senate District on the Citizens’ Advisory Committee for Folsom State Prison and California State Prison, Sacramento. She is a past chair of the Folsom Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, former Folsom Library commissioner, three-time PTA president at Russell Ranch Elementary, and former board member of the Folsom Cordova Education Foundation.

Sarah is a licensed life and health insurance agent and runs her family's insurance agency. She grew up in Fair Oaks, attended public schools in the San Juan Unified School District, and graduated from California State University, Sacramento.

Her husband, John, is a physical education and adaptive physical education teacher. They have been married for over 20 years and have two children.