María Elena Salinas

Emmy Award-winning anchor María Elena Salinas is the most recognized Hispanic female journalist in the United States. For the past 25 years Salinas has informed millions of Hispanics in the United States and 18 countries in Latin America. As co-anchor for the highly rated “Noticiero Univision”, she has handled some of the most challenging assignments in modern-day journalism. In addition to her position as network anchor, Salinas co-hosts the prime-time television newsmagazine "Aqui y Ahora." She is one of the few Hispanic syndicated columnists in the United States. Her weekly column on U.S. Hispanic issues and Latin America is distributed in both English and Spanish to more than 55 daily newspapers in the country. Salinas also writes a weekly column on Hispanic issues for www.univision.com and is a regular analyst of “Latino USA” hosted by Maria Hinojosa on NPR. Among her many honors, for her influential work in the field of journalism on both national and international levels, Salinas was named "Journalist of the Year" by Hispanic Media 100 and was recently awarded the first International Scholar award from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Salinas has also been featured on the cover of Hispanic magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential Hispanics" in the United States, and was named one of the top 15 Most Influential Hispanics among Latino voters. Born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents, Salinas resides in Coral Gables, Florida, with her two daughters, Julia Alexandra and Gabriela Maria.