Maria Hinojosa, Journalist and Author, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio’s Latino USA, New York, NY

Maria Hinojosa was born in Mexico City, Mexico and arrived in the United States with her parents at the age of one. Her family moved to the United States when her father, a research physician, was offered an opportunity to expand his work. The family eventually settled in Chicago, IL.

Ms. Hinojosa is the Senior Correspondent for the Emmy® Award-winning broadcast news magazine NOW on PBS. Ms. Hinojosa is also the anchor and managing editor of NPR's Latino USA, and the anchor of her own Emmy® Award-winning talk show One on One with Maria Hinojosa. Ms. Hinojosa has won top honors in American journalism including two Emmy® Awards, the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Reporting on the Disadvantaged, and the Overseas Press Club's Edward R. Murrow Award for best documentary for her groundbreaking NOW on PBS special "Child Brides: Stolen Lives." Prior to joining NOW in 2005, Ms. Hinojosa spent eight years as the Urban Affairs Correspondent for CNN. Ms. Hinojosa is also an author of two books including a motherhood memoir. Ms. Hinojosa was named one of the "25 Most Influential Working Mothers in America" by Working Mother magazine.