Rossana Rosado is an American newspaper editor, publisher and producer who served as the

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. On February 3, 2016, Governor

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appointed Rosado as the Secretary of State. She was unanimously confirmed by the

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on June 15, 2016. She attended Pace University, where she earned a B.A. in journalism.

Career

Rossana Rosado began her career at

El Diario La Prensa ''El Diario Nueva York'' is the largest and the oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the United States. Published by ImpreMedia, the paper covers local, national and international news with an emphasis on Latin America, as well as human-in ...

starting as a journalist in the early 1980s. She then was publisher and CEO of the newspaper company in 1999. She was the first woman to serve as an editor and publisher of the second largest Spanish-language newspaper in the country, ''El Diario La Prensa''. In 1992, Rosado was appointed vice president for public affairs at the

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for the City of New York by Mayors David Dinkins and

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. Rosado has served on the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2012 and 2015, and is member of the college's foundation board of trustees since 2012.

Awards

Rosado has won an

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for producing public service announcements that highlighted organizations that helped children in need. She also won the STAR award from the NY Women's Agenda, the Peabody Award for Journalism, and the NY Press Club President's award.

Personal life

Rosado is married and has two children and she currently lives in

White Plains, New York (Always Faithful) , image_seal = WhitePlainsSeal.png , seal_link = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = U.S. state, State , su ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosado, Rossana 1961 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Hispanic and Latino American politicians Hispanic and Latino American women in politics Living people New York (state) Democrats Pace University alumni People from White Plains, New York Secretaries of State of New York (state)