Alicia Menendez Biography
Alicia Jacobsen Menendez is an anchor on MSNBC hosting American Voices with Alicia Menendez. She is also the creator and host of the Latina to Latina podcast, and the author of The Likeability Trap. She has received several awards for her journalism. In 2014, she was awarded a Gracie Award for “Outstanding Talk Show” for her nightly news and pop culture show on Fusion TV.
Alicia Menendez Age
Alicia is 39 years old, she was born in 1983 in Union City, New Jersey. She celebrated her birthday on July 2.
Alicia Menendez Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Alicia Menendez Education
She graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in women, gender and sexuality.
Alicia Menendez Parents
Menendez is the daughter of Robert Menendez and Jane Menendez. Her mother is a teacher of the Union City Board of Education and Union City Public Schools. Her parents divorced in 2005.
Who is Alicia Menendez Father?
Her father, Bob Menendez is a politician and lawyer. He is the U.S. Senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006. He is also the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee . He was sworn in to the position in 2013, becoming the first Latino to lead the committee.
He joined politics in 1982 when he unsuccessfully ran for mayor. He ran again in 1986 and won, serving until 1992. He also served in the e state assembly beginning in 1987, stepping down in 1991 after he was appointed to a vacant state senate seat; he was elected to a full term later that year.
In 1992 he successfully ran in the U.S. Congress to represent New Jersey. He served as one of the Democrats’ chief deputy whips (1997-1999) and as vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus. In the late 2002, he became the first Hispanic Member to chair the House
Democratic Caucus.
In November 2012, he was accused of being in contact with underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republic. The allegations were published in the conservative political news and opinion website Daily Caller. He denied the allegations claiming they were ‘doctored’ and true to his words the three alleged victims told the Dominican police that they had been paid $300–$425 each to lie about having had sex with Menendez.
Alicia Menendez Ethnicity
She is of Latino ancestry. She credits her mother, who is Irish-German-Norwegian, of her Hispanic identity. She says her mother’s first contribution to her identity was her proactive choice to raise her in the same place she and her father grew up. She says that if you grow up in Union City, you are likely, by default, to be effectively Hispanic.
Alicia Menendez Husband
Alicia is married to Carlos Prío Odio. The couple met when Alicia was working as a media director for Democracia USA and Carlos was an official at the Obama administration Hispanic outreach and was also Alicia’s White House point of contact. The couple got married on February 15, 2015.
Who is Alicia Menendez Married to?
Carlos P. Odio is a left-of-center political operative serving as head of EquisLabs, an advocacy organization that is focused on researching and mobilizing Latino voters. He served as the Deputy Associate Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs during the Obama administration.
Alicia Menendez Children
Menendez is a mother of two daughters, Ofelia and Evangelina.
Alicia Menendez MSNBC
Alicia is the host of American Voices with Alicia Menendez on MSNBC which airs on Saturdays and Sundays from 6 to 8 p.m. ET. The show focuses on the biggest political stories of the week while
raising voices that aren’t typically featured on cable news. She joined MSNBC in October 2019 as a weekend news anchor. She is also a regular guest anchor of other programs such as All In, Alex Wagner Tonight and the 11th Hour.
Prior to joining MSNBC, she served as a correspondent on the PBS show Amanpour & Company and the host of Come Here and Say That on Fusion.
She joined Fusion TV in 2013 as the host of a nightly news and pop culture show, ‘Alicia Menendez Tonight’. The show was honored with a Gracie Award for “Outstanding Talk Show” in its first year. In addition, she produced and hosted a one-hour primetime special, Generation in Crisis, for which she traveled to El Salvador, Rwanda and a Syrian refugee camp in Northern Jordan.
During the 2016 Presidential primaries, she co-moderated the Iowa Brown and Black Forum, pressing the Democratic hopefuls on issues of importance to Latino and African-American communities.
She has also contributed reporting to ABC’s Nightline and World News Tonight, as well as ABC’s Emmy-nominated 2014 Election Night coverage, and shared her spirited take on current events on Good Morning America, This Week and The View.
Before joining Fusion she was one of eight inaugural hosts and producers for HuffPost Live, the Huffington Post’s Internet-based video streaming network.
Alicia Menendez Book
Menendez is a published author of The Likeability Trap. The book highlights the pressure put on women to be amiable at work, home, and in the public sphere, and explores the price women pay for internalizing those demands. She says that leaders are expected to be assertive and advocate what they want.A woman who projects a sense of warmth might be liked by her coworkers, but she will not be seen as a leader, Menendez pointed out. She writes that women are up against the constant choice between showing up the way they are expected to show up and showing up the way a leader is expected to show up as there is no way she can just show up as both and have that feel really natural.
Alicia Menendez Forehead
Alicia has nothing on her forehead but it seems she has a big forehead which is not out of the ordinary as it is common. Rihanna also has a big forehead so it is not a big deal nor does it take away a person’s beauty.
Alicia Menendez MSNBC Salary
Her an annual base salary is estimated to be around $78,000.
Alicia Menendez Net worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million.