Satcha Pretto
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Satcha Pretto is an Emmy award-winning Journalist and news co-anchor of the Univision
Network's popular morning show Despierta America
.
, Honduras
from the age of three until she was 18 years old. Her father died from a heart attack in 1996.
: Mayan Elementary School and Macris High School in Tegucigalpa
. Satcha's excellent academic record earned her a scholarship in 1998 to attend Angelo State University
http://www.angelo.edu/services/news_information/new_releases/2001/July/07-05-01C.htm in San Angelo, Texas
. In 2001, she graduated with a B.A.
in Communications.
She speaks English and Spanish fluently.
where, prior to hitting the airwaves, she received intense training during three months. Her radio debut as the host of a three-hour long live show came in August 1997. Pretto broadcasted the show (in her school uniform) for one year.
She started her professional career as a television journalist in Midland-Odessa
, Texas
as a reporter and anchor
of the late night newscast of KTLE-Telemundo
. She was also able to work as a reporter for KWES-TV channel 9, a NBC affiliate and Telemundo KTLE's sister station. Pretto worked in West Texas from January 2002 to September 2003.
In October of that same year, Pretto moved to Dallas, Texas
where she was hired to co-anchor KUVN channel 23's (an Univision
affiliate) 5:00 p.m. newscast, Cinco en Punto (Five o'Clock) and report for the late night newscast, Edición Nocturna (Nightly Edition). While at KUVN, Pretto collaborated with the CNN
Cable Network as a reporter for Anderson Cooper 360 and the now defunct Paula Zahn Now. http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/19/acd.01.html Pretto's most memorable interview in Dallas was with famous Chile
an writer Isabel Allende
on March, 2006.
On July 13, 2006, Univision Communications Inc.
announced the naming of Satcha Pretto as the new co-host of the highly-rated daily newsmagazine Primer Impacto
- Fin de Semana (First Impact - Weekend Edition), on Saturday and Sunday - 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. ET/PT (4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT). http://www.univision.net/corp/en/pr/Miami_13072006-2.html. Just six months after joining the Univision Network, Pretto hosted the network's broadcast of the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade, and did so again in January 2008. In May 2007, Pretto covered a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Brazil and was subsequently chosen to be part of a select group of 70 journalists who traveled with His Holiness during his visit to the United States in 2008. In doing so, Pretto made history by becoming the first female journalist from a Spanish-language media outlet in the U.S. to travel on board the Pope's plane.
On July 18, 2011 Pretto joined Univision's Despierta America
.
, received a recognition from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association meeting in Wichita Falls, in the live competitions. She won first place in TV announcing http://web.gosanangelo.com/archive/01/april/27/6.html. In June 2001, she was selected by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists as one of only 12 students from the U.S. and Puerto Rico to be part of El Noticiero. Pretto anchored the student produced show in English and did one story in Spanish. That same organization chose her in 2005 to serve as mentor during its annual convention.
She has also received several recognitions for her professional work in broadcast journalism, including an Emmy as part of the KMEX channel 34 team that garnished the prestigious award in the "Live Special Events Programming" category for the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade broadcast. Pretto also received an Emmy nomination for best investigative report http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkji6vDNFahQBEQxXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE3MTQ0Y3FtBGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMjkEc2VjA3NyBHZ0aWQDRjY2NV85Mg--/SIG=12b0r4hc2/EXP=1161104954/**http%3a//www.lonestaremmy.org/_archives/2005_nominees.php and an award from Texas Associated Press Broadcasters. In May 2008, one of her investigative reports was among the finalists for the Livingston Awards for journalists under 35. In addition, Vanidades magazine recognized her with its "Tribute to Hispanic Women" award in the journalism category in 2006. The magazine "People en Espanol" chose Pretto as one of the 10 best dressed celebrities in 2009 and included her on the exclusive list of its "50 most beautiful" in 2010.
Satcha is deeply committed to the empowerment of young students and is active in several charity projects. She was named "Smile Ambassador" for the nonprofit organization Operation Smile
, a group dedicated to repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. She is also a runner and a triathlete and participates in races that help raise funds for charity.
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
Network's popular morning show Despierta America
Despierta América
¡Despierta América! is a popular Spanish language morning show which has aired on the Univision television network since 1997. It is broadcast from the network's studios in Miami, Florida, and is hosted by Chiquinquirá Delgado, Poncho de Anda, Raúl González, and Karla Martínez. Satcha Pretto and...
.
General information
Satcha was born in La Paz, Honduras, the daughter of Honduran Liz Padilla and Panamanian Rolando Pretto. She lived in TegucigalpaTegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
, Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
from the age of three until she was 18 years old. Her father died from a heart attack in 1996.
Education
Pretto studied in bilingual schools in HondurasHonduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
: Mayan Elementary School and Macris High School in Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
. Satcha's excellent academic record earned her a scholarship in 1998 to attend Angelo State University
Angelo State University
Angelo State University is a public, coeducational, doctoral level degree-granting university located in San Angelo, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained University status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the...
http://www.angelo.edu/services/news_information/new_releases/2001/July/07-05-01C.htm in San Angelo, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. In 2001, she graduated with a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Communications.
She speaks English and Spanish fluently.
Career
While still in high school in Honduras, at the age of 17, Satcha had the opportunity via the National Broadcasters Association of Honduras to get a job at a radio station. She was hired by Radio Suprema Stereo 99.5 in TegucigalpaTegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
where, prior to hitting the airwaves, she received intense training during three months. Her radio debut as the host of a three-hour long live show came in August 1997. Pretto broadcasted the show (in her school uniform) for one year.
She started her professional career as a television journalist in Midland-Odessa
Midland, Texas
Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of 2010, the population of Midland was 111,147. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
as a reporter and anchor
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
of the late night newscast of KTLE-Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
. She was also able to work as a reporter for KWES-TV channel 9, a NBC affiliate and Telemundo KTLE's sister station. Pretto worked in West Texas from January 2002 to September 2003.
In October of that same year, Pretto moved to Dallas, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
where she was hired to co-anchor KUVN channel 23's (an Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
affiliate) 5:00 p.m. newscast, Cinco en Punto (Five o'Clock) and report for the late night newscast, Edición Nocturna (Nightly Edition). While at KUVN, Pretto collaborated with the CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
Cable Network as a reporter for Anderson Cooper 360 and the now defunct Paula Zahn Now. http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/19/acd.01.html Pretto's most memorable interview in Dallas was with famous Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an writer Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean writer with American citizenship. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts , which have been commercially successful...
on March, 2006.
On July 13, 2006, Univision Communications Inc.
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
announced the naming of Satcha Pretto as the new co-host of the highly-rated daily newsmagazine Primer Impacto
Primer Impacto
Primer Impacto is a Spanish language television news program broadcast by Univision in the USA weekdays at 5pm ET. A later program at 11pm ET/PT airs on Univision affiliates without a local news department , leading into the network's 11:30pm newscast, Noticiero Univision Edicion Nocturna.The...
- Fin de Semana (First Impact - Weekend Edition), on Saturday and Sunday - 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. ET/PT (4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT). http://www.univision.net/corp/en/pr/Miami_13072006-2.html. Just six months after joining the Univision Network, Pretto hosted the network's broadcast of the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade, and did so again in January 2008. In May 2007, Pretto covered a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Brazil and was subsequently chosen to be part of a select group of 70 journalists who traveled with His Holiness during his visit to the United States in 2008. In doing so, Pretto made history by becoming the first female journalist from a Spanish-language media outlet in the U.S. to travel on board the Pope's plane.
On July 18, 2011 Pretto joined Univision's Despierta America
Despierta América
¡Despierta América! is a popular Spanish language morning show which has aired on the Univision television network since 1997. It is broadcast from the network's studios in Miami, Florida, and is hosted by Chiquinquirá Delgado, Poncho de Anda, Raúl González, and Karla Martínez. Satcha Pretto and...
.
Recognitions
Between April 19–21, 2001 Pretto, as a senior majoring in communications at Angelo State UniversityAngelo State University
Angelo State University is a public, coeducational, doctoral level degree-granting university located in San Angelo, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained University status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the...
, received a recognition from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association meeting in Wichita Falls, in the live competitions. She won first place in TV announcing http://web.gosanangelo.com/archive/01/april/27/6.html. In June 2001, she was selected by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists as one of only 12 students from the U.S. and Puerto Rico to be part of El Noticiero. Pretto anchored the student produced show in English and did one story in Spanish. That same organization chose her in 2005 to serve as mentor during its annual convention.
She has also received several recognitions for her professional work in broadcast journalism, including an Emmy as part of the KMEX channel 34 team that garnished the prestigious award in the "Live Special Events Programming" category for the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade broadcast. Pretto also received an Emmy nomination for best investigative report http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkji6vDNFahQBEQxXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE3MTQ0Y3FtBGNvbG8DdwRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMjkEc2VjA3NyBHZ0aWQDRjY2NV85Mg--/SIG=12b0r4hc2/EXP=1161104954/**http%3a//www.lonestaremmy.org/_archives/2005_nominees.php and an award from Texas Associated Press Broadcasters. In May 2008, one of her investigative reports was among the finalists for the Livingston Awards for journalists under 35. In addition, Vanidades magazine recognized her with its "Tribute to Hispanic Women" award in the journalism category in 2006. The magazine "People en Espanol" chose Pretto as one of the 10 best dressed celebrities in 2009 and included her on the exclusive list of its "50 most beautiful" in 2010.
Satcha is deeply committed to the empowerment of young students and is active in several charity projects. She was named "Smile Ambassador" for the nonprofit organization Operation Smile
Operation Smile
Operation Smile is a not-for-profit medical service organization based in Norfolk, Virginia , founded in 1982. A secular NGO, the children's medical charity provides cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide, assists countries in reaching self-sufficiency with these surgeries, and...
, a group dedicated to repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. She is also a runner and a triathlete and participates in races that help raise funds for charity.