Cecilia Marcellina Vega was born on January 7,1977 and is an American journalist and correspondent for 60 Minutes.
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Cecilia Vega previously worked at ABC News, serving as the network's Chief White House Correspondent and co-anchoring Good Morning America.
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Cecilia Vega's father abandoned the family after becoming addicted to drugs.
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In 1995, Vega graduated from Salesian High School in Richmond, California.
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In 1999, Cecilia Vega started out as a newspaper journalist for the San Bernardino Sun, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and then the San Francisco Chronicle where she covered the then-Mayor Gavin Newsom's administration.
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Cecilia Vega's reporting received accolades from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the East Bay Press Club, and the Hearst Corporation.
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In 2010, Cecilia Vega won a Northern California Emmy Award for the Best Daytime Newscast in a Large Market.
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Cecilia Vega joined the national ABC News in 2011 as a Los Angeles-based correspondent.
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In 2012, Cecilia Vega covered the elections and second inauguration of President Barack Obama.
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Cecilia Vega covered the 2016 presidential election and the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.
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In January 2017, Llamas was named the full-time weekend anchor of World News Tonight, while Cecilia Vega was moved to become the senior White House Correspondent.
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In January 2021, Cecilia Vega was named as the Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News, succeeding Jonathan Karl.
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On January 19,2023, it was reported that Cecilia Vega was joining CBS News as a correspondent for 60 Minutes.
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Cecilia Vega's hiring made Vega the first Latina correspondent for the program.