Sarah Aquino was first elected to the city council in 2018 and was re-elected in 2022. She was chosen by her colleagues to serve as Vice Mayor in 2019, Mayor in 2020, and Vice Mayor in 2021 and 2023. 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.

Sarah is the city’s representative on the Folsom/El Dorado County JPA, the Sacramento-Placerville Transportation Corridor JPA, the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, and the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District where she serves as Vice Chair.  She also chairs 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 Unified School District 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. She enjoys gardening, golfing, reading, and hosting parties for friends and neighbors.

Her husband, John, is a physical education and adaptive physical education teacher. They have been married 23 years and have two children in college and one very spoiled labradoodle.