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María Elena Salinas Biography

Maria Elena Salinas is a Spanish-language news anchor and journalist who previously co-anchored Univision’s nightly newscast, Noticiero Univision, and the network’s news magazine, Aquí y Ahora.

She is notably the most recognized Hispanic journalist in the United States.

She moderated the eighth Democratic presidential primary debate on March 9, 2016, in Miami, Florida, along with Karen Tumulty, and Jorge Ramos.

The debate was sponsored by Univision and The Washington Post.

Elena started her career in journalism in 1981 as a reporter for the Spanish-language television station KMEX-34 in Los Angeles. Her comprehensive coverage of the Hispanic community in Southern California led her to become a co-anchor of Noticiero Univision.

Salinas has been working for more than three decades in the United States and in 18 Latin American countries.

She has interviewed Latin American heads of state, rebel leaders, dictators, and every United States p