Blanca Rosa Vílchez is a Peruvian-born

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in the United States. She has resided in

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since 1984.

Biography

Blanca Rosa Vílchez studied at the

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, the oldest university in the Americas. Her journalism career began in

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, Peru in 1973. She was the first female news director in her native country when at the age of 22, she directed ''90 Segundos (90 Seconds)'' a daily newscast. She has been reporting for

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since 1987 from New York. She is known for her coverage of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, against the Twin Towers. Images have been captured of her running from the towers as they collapsed behind her. Her coverage of this story earned her an honorable mention from the Academy of Science and Television. In 2019, she donated the blouse and jacket that she wore while covering the attacks to the National Museum of American History. She is the senior national correspondent from New York on ''

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'', the newscast most viewed by Latino Americans. The newscast reaches 95% of Hispanic Americans living in the United States with nearly three million viewers every night.

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Una Peruana "En Las Torres"Video: Noticiero Univision
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosa-Vilchez, Blanca Living people Hispanic and Latino American women journalists American television journalists American women television journalists Year of birth missing (living people) Peruvian emigrants to the United States 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women journalists 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American women journalists National University of San Marcos alumni