Myraida Chaves Carbia was a Puerto Rican show host, actress and television and theater producer.
20 Facts About Myraida Chaves
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Myraida Chaves soon began acting in school and theater plays, one of the better known ones where she participated was Solo en Oscuridad where she worked alongside the well-known Puerto Rican rock singer Orvil Miller, among others.
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Myraida Chaves moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States, to complete her education.
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Myraida Chaves earned a bachelor's degree in communication from Boston University in 1982.
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In 1985, canal 2 decided, in order so that they would not have to change the show's name every new year, to rename the show Adelante Juventud, and Myraida Chaves was joined by Braulio Castillo, hijo as her new show co-host.
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Myraida Chaves tried her luck as a theatrical actress during 1984, participating in 40 Quilates, where she acted along with her mom and with Benito Mateo, Jose Reymundi and Daniel Lugo, all of them experienced television actors.
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In 1985, Myraida Chaves acted in En Panos Menores, again with her mom and with her television co-host Braulio Castillo Jr.
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In 1986, Myraida Chaves became a television producer when canal 11 of Puerto Rico hired her to produce their nightly edition of their television news show, Las Noticias.
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Myraida Chaves soon joined Las Noticias' on-camera staff as a news reporter herself.
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Myraida Chaves became a theatrical producer; one of her notable productions was named Desconcertados, in which her mom participated along with other well known Puerto Rican entertainers.
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Around that era, Myraida Chaves became an activist and she was active on media campaigns such as the anti-drug campaign, Dile Que No a Las Drogas.
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Towards the turn of the century, Myraida Chaves moved to WIPR, where she became a radio show host, on a show named Hoy 940.
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Myraida Chaves then joined WIPR's television arm, WIPR-TV, canal 6, where, from March 12,2002, she joined actress Linnette Torres on a program named En Tod@s.
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Myraida Chaves kept busy through the 2000s, her canal 6 show, En tod@s changing its name to Contigo, with another Puerto Rican journalist, Isamari Castrodad, joining Chaves and Torres on-camera, while Chaves continued furthering her radio hosting career, on a show named Con El Pie Derecho on a station named Magic 97.3, where she was, again, joined by Braulio Castillo, hijo.
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In 2014, Myraida Chaves began a show named Uno a Uno, which was shown on canal 6.
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Myraida Chaves quickly began rehabilitating the center and soon after, it reopened for theatrical productions.
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Myraida Chaves was diagnosed with cancer late in her life.
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Myraida Chaves received medical treatment both at Pavia and HIMA hospitals, before passing away on April 22,2021.
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Some 30 years before, Myraida Chaves had suffered from cervical cancer but at that time, she had recovered.
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Unable to conceive her own children due to the cancer affliction she had when young, Myraida Chaves had an adoptive daughter named Myriana Ortiz, who was born in 1994.