Mónica Morales says that since she was little she was very “talkative”, a characteristic that would help her start what would be her career in front of the TV screens.
“There was a radio show at my school and I appointed co-anchor, even though she was very shy. Knowing the power it had lit up the journalism bug in me,” says the communicator born in Chicago, of a Norwegian father and a Bolivian mother.
Later, Dianne Magnun, a journalist who had a program called “Positively Magnun-Magnun force ”, where he told positive stories, ended up inspiring her.
“I think she was part of the reason why I have the segment Monica Makes it happen, because I realized from an early age that it is possible to share positive news in tv and get things done”, she tells about her popular segment on PIX 11, where she has been working as a reporter for almost 13 years.
Having studied a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism and Psychology from the University of Miami and a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Florida School of Journalism and Communication; Morales went through several of the most important television networks in the country, such as WFXT-FOX25 in Boston, WTVJ-NBC6 in Miami, WDJT-CBS in Milwaukee and CNN in Atlanta.
She came to New York inspired by the events of September 11, which she covered for FOX25.
“I remember having I thought that it was the worst day of my life but at the same time I witnessed the best demonstration of humanity and help, and I wanted to be part of this city”, she says.
And already being here she managed to become a kind of community heroine
“When I covered breaking news I was always dissatisfied because I felt I could never continue the stories”, she says about the motivation to create the space Monica Makes it happen, with which she has visited more than 150 public housing developments and helped repair more than 45 houses, among many other things.
His work has earned him multiple awards, to which is added a National Emmy for Breaking New s, five local Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow award.
The mother of two children, married to a New Yorker, now hopes to have her own television program, a dream that she assures is very close to achieving.
