Alejandra María Silva García-Baquero (born 16 February 1983)[1][2][3] is a Spanish publicist and political activist.
[2] Silva worked as an intern in The Farm ad agency in Madrid, and in 2005 she accepted a position in sales and marketing at a private firm in the airplane industry.
In 2010, she participated in the Real Madrid Football Club Foundation African Initiative Project[4] by creating soccer leagues as means of integrating underprivileged children to their local communities and promoting sports and its values amongst African families.
Through her interest in nonprofit organizations, Silva met American actor Richard Gere and began a relationship.
[8] The couple were in the process of divorce by October 2015, by which time Silva was in a relationship with American actor Richard Gere, a longtime family friend.