Ana Cabrera Biography
Ana Cabrera is an American journalist serving as the anchor for the weekend primetime edition of CNN Newsroom based in New York. She was previously based in Denver.
Ana Cabrera Age
She was born on May 13, 1982 in Denver, Colorado USA.
Ana Cabrera Height
Ana stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Ana Cabrera Nationality
She is an American national.
Is Ana Cabrera Hispanic?
Cabrera is Hispanic and serves as a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. In 2019 she was awarded the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Award.
Ana Cabrera Education
She graduated from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University with a Bachelors’s degree in Communication, Foreign Languages, and Culture. She serves as a member of the Murrow Professional Advisory Board and in 2019 was honored as an inductee into the Murrow Hall of Achievement.
Ana Cabrera Parents
She is the daughter of Mexican parents Ronald Cabrera and Judith Cabera. Her father is an executive director at an educational firm while her mother is a counselor.
Ana Cabrera Sibling
She has four siblings; one sister Angelina Cabrera, and three brothers Matthew Cabrera, Nathan Cabrera and John Cabrera.
Ana Cabrera Brother
In 2018 Anna shared that her younger brother, John battled cancer when he was 10 years. On June 17, 2018 she tweeted, “My brother was diagnosed with brain cancer at 10 years old. I felt helpless. But organizations like @NYCandlelighter are making a difference for families and kids fighting pediatric cancer by turning crappy into the happy. #ChampionsForChange”
Ana Cabrera Husband
Ana is married to Benjamin Nielsen since September 11, 2005. Benjamin is a LEED-certified civil engineer working at McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group, a hydraulics engineering firm known for innovative advancement in wave technology called the “Wave Shaper” that was implemented at the Boise River Park.
Ana Cabrera Children
She is a mother of two; a son known as Jackson Nielsen born in December 2012 and a daughter known as Maria Nielsen born in January 2016.
Ana Cabrera Journalist
Ana began her career in journalism as an intern for NBC’s affiliate, KAYU-TV that was in Spokane. She later joined KMGH-TV 7 News, the ABC affiliate in Denver where she was an anchor for the top-ranked daily morning news program. She earned an Emmy Award for her in-the-field anchoring as a part of the 7 News morning team that was honored for its High Park Fire coverage in 2012. The team was also honored with the Associated Press TV and Radio Association’s Annual Mark Twain Award for Best Morning Show Broadcast in 2013.
From 2005 to 2009 she served as an anchor and reporter at NBC affiliate KHQ-TV and FOX affiliate KAYU-TV in Spokane, Washington.
Ana Cabrera CNN
Cabrera joined CNN in 2013 as a correspondent based in Denver. She was part of the CNN Investigative team that revealed systemic failures in reporting, investigating and tracking alleged sexual abuse at elderly living facilities.
She also covered the unrest in Ferguson, Mo. following the shooting of Michael Brown. She conducted an exclusive interview with the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney while the grand jury was hearing the case and the Police Chief following his long-awaited public apology.
She conducted a pot pesticide investigation that resulted in the recall of thousands of pot products in Colorado.
In 2017 she joined CNN Newsroom based in New York. She has covered politics, natural disasters and mass shootings. Her coverage includes; Hurricanes Harvey and Maria, the Southerland Springs, Tx. church shooting, the London Bridge attack and the deadly Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Va.
Her political coverage includes the impeachment proceedings, hosting multiple 2020 Democratic presidential candidate town halls, reporting on the historic 2018 midterm elections and regularly traveling around the country to speak with suburban voters. She also regularly provides in-depth coverage of the #MeToo movement and immigration issues.
Ana Cabrera Salary
Her annual salary is $67, 000.
Ana Cabrera Net worth
She has an estimated net worth of $3.5 million.
Ana Cabrera political Affiliation
Ana has talked about her political affiliation.
Ana Cabrera Neck
Cabrera has a long neck and in 2018 she replied to a tweet saying it’s just the way God made her after a Twitter user asked why she had no shoulders.