Veronica de la Cruz is an American television news anchor as well as a philanthropist. Cruz currently works for KPIX-TV/KBCW in the San Francisco Bay Area as a news anchor. She had previously worked with news networks like NBC, MSNBC and CNN. She’s covered plenty of groundbreaking news with the networks and also won CNN’s Emmy-nominated morning show, American Morning.

Additionally, she is one of the first and only cable reporters to use a Flip Mino video camera to film clips, which she edits on her Mac. She also founded the Eric de la Cruz Hope for Hearts Foundation to help heart transplant patients, in memory of her brother Eric. Want to know more about the talented journalist, then keep scrolling.

VERONICA DE LA CRUZ: BIO, FAMILY, CAREER

De la Cruz was born on August 13, 1980 in Northern California but grew up in Canada. She did not reveal any information about her parents or siblings. But she had a brother named Eric who died of heart complications in July 2009. She is of mixed ethnicity of a first-generation American and describes herself as half Asian and half Hispanic. Additionally, her father is a Jew whose family fled Nazi Germany and emigrated to South America while her mother is of Chinese and Filipino descent.

From an early age, she was a very passionate and competitive figure skater, but she had to quit due to injury. She then developed her career as a journalist and on-air studio presenter. Early in her career, she worked with an NBC affiliate in Yum, Arizona as an anchor and reporter. She then joined KYMA-DT where she had covered many stories including border issues between Mexico and the United States and the shortage of nurses in the country.

In 2003, she joined CNN and moved to the network’s global headquarters in Atlanta in 2007 and then to New York. For the network, she has covered stories on the vases, including Ronald Reagan’s death and state funeral of former United States President Ronald Reagan and the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict. Additionally, she received the Emmy Award nomination from CNN for the morning show ‘America Morning’.

She left the network in 2008 and joined NBC/MSNBC. There she worked from 2010 to 2014 where she became an alternate anchor on NBC’s Early Today and MSNBC’s First Look. Currently, she is working with CBS San Francisco as an evening anchor. She also anchors the 6 p.m. news on KPIX-TV and hosting Bay Area Nightbeat on their sister station, KBCW, at 10 p.m.

VERONICA DE LA CRUZ: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND

Talking about her personal life, she seems to be single right now or could be in a secret relationship. However, this is just speculation but she has a son named Hartley Eric De La Cruz who she posts a picture with on her social media platforms. She kept most of her personal life in the media and also did not provide any information about her son’s father.

VERONICA DE LA CRUZ: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

He has accumulated experience working with news networks like CNN, NBC and MSNBC. Additionally, she is currently working with CBS San Francisco as an evening anchor, which helps her earn a lot of money. Plus, she may have invested in a few companies. Hence, she has an estimated net worth of around $1 million.

On Instagram, she has a verified account @veronicadelacruztv with 23.1k followers. She has a verified Twitter account @VeronicaDLCruz with 17.4k followers. On Facebook, she goes through the verified account under her name with 14,000 followers.

VERONICA DE LA CRUZ: BODY MEASUREMENTS

She has a slim and attractive body that stands 5 feet 5 inches or 1.65 meters. No information about his body weight or body measurement of chest, waist or hips. She has a nice pair of black cat eyes with a silky black hair color.