Zoraida Senoba Sambolin was born on July 10,1965 and is an American television journalist.
12 Facts About Zoraida Sambolin
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Zoraida Sambolin is a native of Chicago and anchored news broadcasts for local affiliates WMAQ-TV as well as WSNS-TV for nine years.
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In January 2013, it was announced that Zoraida Sambolin was engaged to baseball executive Kenny Williams.
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In May 2013, Zoraida Sambolin announced that she had breast cancer and got a double mastectomy on May 28,2013.
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Zoraida Sambolin stated that she "struggled for weeks" to find the best way to make this information public, and ended up doing so while discussing Angelina Jolie's New York Times OpEd piece describing her own double mastectomy.
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Zoraida Sambolin created and hosted Small Talk for Parents on PBS station WYCC-TV and hosted Nuestros Ninos on Telemundo affiliate WSNS-TV from 1999 to 2002.
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Zoraida Sambolin joined Chicago NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV as a freelance weekend news anchor in 2002.
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Zoraida Sambolin then joined WSNS-TV the following year as a reporter and anchor, making her the first Chicago on-air broadcaster to work at both English and Spanish-language stations simultaneously.
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Zoraida Sambolin hosted Un Buen Doctor, a weekly medical series focusing on health issues affecting Latinos airing on cable stations internationally.
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Zoraida Sambolin left WMAQ in November 2011 to co-anchor CNN's morning program Early Start alongside Ashleigh Banfield.
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On December 13,2013 Zoraida Sambolin signed off from Early Start stating the primary reason was for her children and to be closer to family in the Chicago area.
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Zoraida Sambolin has a son, Nicholas Hobbs [12], who is a member of the University of Iowa Basketball team.