PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Name: Cristina Saralegui
Occupation: Cuban- American journalist, actress, and a talk show host
Influence: influenced by Obama because helped Latinos a lot
QUOTE
"I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead."
I think this means that she will keep working hard her who life
CHILDHOOD
Born in: Havana, Cuba
Born on: January 29,1948 (66 years old)
EVENTS
In 1960, she and her family fled from Cuba to Florida following the Cuban Revolution to find a better life.In Miami, she graduated University of Miami with a degree in mass communications and creative writing
STRENGTHS
In 1973 she began an internship at the magazine Vanidades.
This allowed her to improve her written Spanish to the level of her spoken language.
She was born into a prominent newspaper publishing family
OBSTACLES
When she was 12, she had to leave all her friends and relatives in Cuba behind because her family had to flee Cuba following the Cuban Revolution
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Won the Aqua Ally Award which is an for celebrating a woman for fighting for women's rights.
The Christina Show has been on the air since 1989 and has won 11 Emmys.
Interesting Facts
1. The Cristina Show has roughly 100 million viewers in the United States, Latin America, and Europe.
2. She copublished a monthly magazine, Cristina the Magazine.
3. In August 2005, she was named one of the “25 Most Influential Hispanics in America” by TIME Magazine.
4. She became the first Latina to be inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame
5. Prominent guests on the Cristina Show include Pitbull and Shakira
IMPACT ON THE WORLD
The "Arriba la Vida/Up With Life Foundation" was established in 1996 by Cristina and Marcos Avila (her husband). It is a private Foundation dedicated to AIDS awareness and education among Hispanics, as well as other AIDS related causes that touch the lives of Hispanics everywhere. That helped raise more awareness of AIDS.
