13 Facts About Elaine Quijano

Elaine Quijano grew up in the Skokie and Morton Grove suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.

In 1998, Elaine Quijano left WCIA to become a general assignment reporter for WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida.

Elaine Quijano was a correspondent for CNN Newsource, an affiliate of CNN, starting in December 2000.

Elaine Quijano covered the September 11,2001 attacks and traveled to Kuwait City shortly before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Elaine Quijano covered the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the Beltway sniper attacks.

Elaine Quijano covered The Pentagon, the Supreme Court, the 2004 re-election campaign of President George W Bush and campaign of vice presidential candidate John Edwards.

In that role, Quijano covered major stories of the George W Bush administration, including the War on Terror, the unsuccessful bid for comprehensive immigration reform, and the 2008 financial crisis.

Elaine Quijano left CNN on December 23,2009, and joined CBS News in early 2010 as a general assignment reporter.

Elaine Quijano covered Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, and the 2014 World Cup.

Elaine Quijano is an anchor for CBSN, the digital streaming network for CBS.

Elaine Quijano's work has appeared on CBS This Morning and CBS Evening News.

In 2009, Elaine Quijano was the convocation speaker at the UIUC College of Media, her alma mater.

In 2016, Elaine Quijano was named by the Commission on Presidential Debates as the moderator for the vice presidential debate on Tuesday, October 4, at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia; Elaine Quijano thereby became the first Asian American to moderate a US debate for national elected office in the general election, and the youngest journalist to moderate a debate since 1988.