Maria Santana is a New York based anchor and correspondent for CNN En Español and frequent contributor to all CNN networks and platforms. She is a three-time News and Documentary Emmy nominee, most recently for CNN’s 2017 coverage of the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

Maria is a versatile, bilingual, multi-platform journalist who handles a wide range of topics, from breaking news, politics and finance to sports and entertainment. In 2016, she reported extensively on the mood of Latino voters in different parts of the country ahead of the 2016 presidential election and continues to highlight the policy issues that most affect these communities, including the continuing political debate over immigration reform.

Maria has also reported on major news events such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the Boston Marathon bombings and the annual gathering of world leaders for the United Nations General Assembly.

Before joining CNN, Maria was a correspondent for Mega TV, a Spanish Broadcasting Systems network, and a producer and editor at Telemundo, WNJU-TV, where she started her journalism career.

Maria is also on the Board of Directors of Legal Outreach, Inc., a non-profit organization

focused on changing the educational trajectory of urban youth from underserved New York City communities by providing them with the tools, skills and vision to succeed in higher education. Born in the Dominican Republic, Maria moved to New York at the age of 4 and grew up in Harlem. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University with a major in Psychology.