Cecilia Vega Age, Relationship, Net Worth, Ethnicity, Height, Wiki

Cecilia Vega: Biography in Details

Who is Cecilia Vega?

Cecilia Vega is an Emmy award-winning American journalist.

She joined ABC News in 2011 as a Los Angeles-based correspondent and is currently the senior White House correspondent.

Since joining ABC News, she has covered a wide range of stories taking her across the country and overseas.

Before working in broadcast journalism, she was an experienced print journalist which included reporting for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Cecilia Vega: Net Worth 2024, Salary

Cecilia Vega’s salary and net worth figures are unknown at present, however, her husband Ricardo’s net worth is $2 million as of 2024 and her income is $360k per annum.

Cecilia Vega: Age, Early Life, Childhood, Education

Talking about her early life, Cecilia Vega was born in 1977. She experienced her childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, US.

Cecilia Vega was also raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Her father was a drug(heroin) addict.

Cecilia Vega is of Spanish ancestry.

Professional Life, Career

Cecilia Vega began her career in journalism as an experienced print journalist which included reporting for the San Francisco Chronicle.

She then went on to report for the ABC network affiliate station KGO in San Francisco covering a wide variety of stories for the region during her three years with the station.

In 2010, she was awarded an Emmy for exclusively interviewing someone who witnessed an attack on a student at her high school homecoming dance.

Cecilia Vega joined ABC News in 2011 as a correspondent based in Los Angeles.

During her time as a correspondent, Vega covered a wide range of stories that took her around the world.

These assignments included traveling to Japan to cover the Fukushima power plant, Rome to cover the selection of a new Pope, and London, to cover the Olympics.

Cecilia Vega has taken a submarine to the bottom of the Arctic and petted whales in the Gulf of California.

From Mexico’s President, Enrique Peña Nieto to Sylvester Stallone Vega has interviewed a variety of major newsmakers.

In 2012, Cecilia Vega covered the elections and inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Other major national stories Vega covered include Ebola cases in the United States, the 2014 midterm election, the Sony computer hacking and fallout, and allegations against Bill Cosby.

On March 2, 2015, she was named anchor of ABC News’s World News Tonight Saturday.

Cecilia Vega held that role until January 2017, at which time she was named senior White House correspondent.

Vega has appeared in and hosted many TV shows. This includes Good Morning America Weekend Edition, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, ABC News: Your Voice, Your Vote 2014, The Lookout, 20/20, and This Week.

Vega is the recipient of many awards, including a local Emmy in 2010.

Cecilia Vega received awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the East Bay Press Club, the Hearst Corporation, and The New York Times.

Cecilia Vega chooses “60 Minutes” over ABC News

Cecilia Vega ABC’s chief White House correspondent is now joining the CBS TV news magazine “60 Minutes”. The executive producer of 60 Minutes, Bill Owens called her a sensational reporter and storyteller.

Moreover, she was the lead reporter for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. In 2011, Vega joined ABC News as a Los Angeles-based correspondent.

Body Size

Cecilia Vega has a height of 5 feet 4 inches and weighs 49 kg. She is a brunette with light eyes.

Social Media

Cecilia Vega has around 25.5k followers on Facebook, more than 76.4xk followers on Instagram, and more than 92.2k followers on Twitter.

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