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Mariela Romero

Regional Community Empowerment Director

Univision Communications

Mariela Romero is Univision Communications Regional Community Empowerment Director in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Raleigh and is anchor, writer and producer of news magazine Conexión Fin de Semana in all three markets. Romero has received 23 Emmy® Awards from the Academy of Television Arts, S.E. and was awarded the Olga C. de Goizueta recognition by The Latin American Association in 2019. Mariela holds a degree in Journalism from Universidad Católica Argentina as well as a degree in Social Communications from Universidad de Belgrano. She also studied TV Broadcasting and Production in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mariela has interviewed former President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jimmy Carter, Civil Rights leader and Presidential Medal of Freedom Awardee, Reverend C.T. Vivian, and American labor leader Dolores Huerta among other distinguished public figures. She is a proud mother to her 19 year son Mateo who is currently pursuing a degree in Sound Engineering from Full Sail University. She is a native of Caracas, Venezuela.