Veronica De La Cruz Bio, Wiki
Veronica De La Cruz is an American journalist and philanthropist. She serves as a news anchor at KPIX-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area. Veronica joined KPIX 5 in 2014 serving as an evening anchor and launched Bay Area Nightbeat. Previously, she served at NBC News and CNN.
Veronica began as a music journalist after pitching a show to a dot com. It gave her a job that allowed her to travel the world interviewing musicians and DJs. Later, Veronica moved to Yuma, Arizona to serves as a morning and mid-day anchor and evening reporter at the NBC affiliate. Then, she was hired by CNN and helped launch the first streaming news service, CNN Pipeline. She formed the Eric de la Cruz Hope for Hearts Foundation, in memory of her late brother in order to provide assistance to heart transplant patients.
Veronica De La Cruz Age
Veronica was born on August 13, 1980, in Northern California, U.S. She is 40 years old.
Veronica De La Cruz Height
She is a woman of average stature. Veronica stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Approx. 1.6 m).
Veronica De La Cruz Family
She was born in Northern California by her parents but grew up in Canada. Veronica is half French-German Jewish and half Filipino-Chinese. She can be referred to as half Asian and half Hispanic. Veronica’s father is a Jew whose family escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to South America. Her mother is of Chinese people and Filipino background. As she was growing up many languages were spoken in her home. Both Veronica’s mother and brother Eric de la Cruz died of heart disease.
Veronica De La Cruz Husband
Veronica has a son named Hartley Eric after her brother. However, it is not known whether she is married or not. Veronica loves spending her free time with her son and dog named Bianca. She also volunteers in her non-profit, “Hope for Hearts,” dedicated to her younger brother and mother.
Veronica De La Cruz CBS
She serves as a news anchor at KPIX-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area. Veronica joined KPIX 5 in 2014 serving as an evening anchor and launched Bay Area Nightbeat. Previously, she served at NBC News and CNN. Veronica began as a music journalist after pitching a show to a dot com. It gave her a job that allowed her to travel the world interviewing musicians and DJs.
Later, Veronica moved to Yuma, Arizona to serves as a morning and mid-day anchor and evening reporter at the NBC affiliate. Then, she was hired by CNN and helped launch the first streaming news service, CNN Pipeline. Eventually, Veronica became an anchor and correspondent at CNN. There, she was the first to use Twitter on the air in 2007 and the first to use “the magic wall”.
While at CNN, she received an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award for her coverage of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Veronica also received a prestigious George Foster Peabody award for her work during Hurricane Katrina. She also covered lots of breaking news such as the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, Pope John Paul II, and the death of President Ronald Reagan. But, her favorite is in-depth reports on the homeless, CNN’s special “Asian in America”, and the plight of the migrant farmworker.
Veronica’s colleagues at KPIX include:
Brian Hackney – anchor and meteorologist
Ken Bastida – anchor
Juliette Goodrich – anchor
Len Kiese – Anchor
Michelle Griego – Anchor
Allen Martin – anchor
Veronica Baby Father
Veronica has a son named Hartley Eric after her brother. However, she has not revealed who is the father of her child.
Veronica De La Cruz Salary
She works as an anchor at KPIX, she, therefore, receives a satisfactory salary. Veronica’s average salary is $68, 543 per year.
Veronica De La Cruz Net Worth
She has worked as a journalist for many years. Therefore, there is no doubt she has accumulated a decent wealth over the years. The estimated net worth of Veronica is $ 710,256.
Where Is De La Cruz
Veronica serves as a news anchor at KPIX-TV. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her son and dog.