Ana Cabrera (born May 13, 1982) is an American

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

working in television news. From 2013 to 2022, she worked as a reporter and

anchor An anchor is a device, normally made of metal , used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ''ancora'', which itself comes from the Greek ἄγ ...

for

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.CNN: "ANA CABRERA NAMED ANCHOR, CNN NEWSROOM"
March 1, 2017 She announced her departure from CNN as of December 22, 2022.

Biography

Cabrera was raised in a Mexican-American family in

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

and then graduated from

Washington State University Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant unive ...

.Hispanic Horizons Magazine: "Ana Cabrera and Jessica Mendoza are Honored, and Now Ana is Covering the Trump Protesters in Denver" by Steve Randela
September 3, 2016 After school, she worked for

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affiliate

KHQ-TV KHQ-TV (channel 6) is a television station in Spokane, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is the flagship and namesake of the KHQ Television Group, a subsidiary of the locally based Cowles Company, which also owns ''The Spokesm ...

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. She returned to her hometown to work as the morning news anchor at

KMGH-TV KMGH-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Sterling-licensed independent station KCDO-TV, channel 3 (and its Denver-licensed translat ...

Channel 7 News in Denver where she earned an Emmy Award for in-the-field reporting as part of a news team covering the High Park fire in 2012. The morning team was also awarded the Associated Press TV and Radio Association's Annual Mark Twain Award for Best Morning Show Broadcast in 2013. In 2013, Cabrera joined CNN as a correspondent in Denver. She served on the CNN Investigative team. In March 2017, she was named anchor of

's weekend edition of ''

CNN Newsroom ''CNN Newsroom'' (also simply known as ''Newsroom'') is an American news programming block that airs on CNN. Broadcasting for 43 hours each week, ''Newsroom'' features live and taped news reports, in addition to analysis from experts on the iss ...

'', succeeding

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. She covered stories including the unrest in Ferguson,

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in the aftermath of the shooting death of Michael Brown, the

Unite the Right rally The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Marchers included members of the alt-right, neo-Confederates, neo-fascists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, ...

of white supremacists in Charlottesville, immigration, marijuana legalization, and the 2017 London Bridge attack. In May 2021, she began anchoring a one-hour weekday afternoon slot of ''CNN Newsroom''. Her last day as anchor at CNN was on December 22, 2022, with the intent to join

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, a move reported on December 1, 2022. Two weeks later, Cabrera confirmed the report stating, "My heart is full of gratitude for the incredible opportunities I've had at CNN to serve our viewers and to work alongside extraordinary journalists ... But after nearly a decade at CNN, I'm making the personal decision to explore a new professional chapter. Time to embrace new challenges and opportunities."

Personal life

Cabrera is married to Benjamin Nielsen; they have two children.CNN: "Ana Cabrera gives birth to daughter"
January 5, 2016 Cabrera is a member of the

National Association of Hispanic Journalists The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is a Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to the advancement of Hispanic and Latino journalists in the United States and Puerto Rico. It was established in 1984. NAHJ has approxim ...

and serves on the board of directors of ''Mi Casa Resource Center''. She has also served on the board of the

American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer. Established in 1913, the society is organized into six geographical regions of both medical and lay volunteers operating in more than ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cabrera, Ana 1982 births 20th-century American women 21st-century American women 21st-century American journalists American television news anchors American people of Mexican descent American women television journalists CNN people Hispanic and Latino American women journalists Living people People from Denver Washington State University alumni

Biography

Personal life

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