Jackie Guerrido (born September 24, 1972), is a Puerto Rican television

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and

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for Primer Impacto on Univision. She also is a TV host for "Despierta America en Domingo"

Early years

Guerrido was born and raised in

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, where she received her primary and secondary education. According to Guerrido, her mother was mistreated by her father, therefore Guerrido and her sister had to seek shelter together with their mother at the " Casa Protegida Julia de Burgos", a domestic violence shelter in San Juan, when she was seven years old. After graduating from high school, she moved with her family to

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borough of

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Career

Before Guerrido worked in the media, she had shown interest in other areas of work. Guerrido was offered a position on WSKQ's

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, ''El Vacilon de la Mañana'' ("Good times in the morning"), by a producer who heard her doing a voice-over. She soon received an offer from

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(106.7) in

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, which she accepted. Guerrido settled down in Miami and she joined the HBC Radio Company, after working at "Romance" for a year. There she was given the opportunity to co-host a radio program with the duties of broadcasting news and traffic conditions. Eventually, she was given her own music show at WRTO (98.3). She also landed a job in television as a traffic reporter for

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, Miami's

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affiliate, working for both the radio and television at the same time.

Weather forecaster

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took notice of Guerrido and made her an offer to become the meteorologist for ''Al Amanacer de Noticias 23'' ("Morning News at Channel 23"), the then-morning show for Univision flagship

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. She studied meteorology at the

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. For several years, Guerrido presented the weather on ''

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'' ("Wake Up America"), which is one of the most popular television programs among the Hispanic community in the

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. She also did the weather forecast for Univision's afternoon newsmagazine show ''

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'' ("First Impact") with Barbara Bermudo. She studied journalism at the

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. As of January 9, 2017, she is co-anchor of ''

'' alongside Pamela Silva Conde, replacing longtime anchor Barbara Bermudo

Mira Quien Baila! (2010)

In 2004, Guerrido was named the "Good Will Ambassador" of the Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrated in

. She is the mother of two teenagers, Thomas and Adieny. On April 19, 2008, Jackie married

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. In 2010, Guerrido participated in Mira Quien Baila!, a reality show, which aired on

in the United States and is the American/Spanish-Speaking version of '' Dancing with the Stars.'' The show's finale was on November 21, 2010 and Guerrido came in 2nd place, by popular vote, to

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. Guerrido was awarded $10,000 dollars (US) which she donated to the " Casa Protegida Julia de Burgos", a domestic violence shelter.

Filmography

In 2014, Guerrido would portray the role of a detective in the movie AWOL-72.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrido, Jackie 1972 births Living people Puerto Rican journalists People from San Juan, Puerto Rico Participants in American reality television series