Isabel Bucaram

Bucaram was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She moved to the United States in 1997. Bucaram graduated from the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil with a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in investigative journalism from Florida International University.^[12] She joined CNN en Español as the director of public relations in 2010. Prior to CNN, Bucaram served as the Marketing and Communications Director for the Spanish Broadcasting System.^[13] In 2011, she was awarded a proclamation by the Municipality of Guayaquil for her contributions.^[14] In 2016, she received an award in the US for covering the 2016 Ecuador earthquake.^[7] Bucaram was also a member of the CNN team that received Peabody Award for coverage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 and the Arab Spring in 2011.^[12] Bucaram was a part of the CNN en Español team that won an Emmy award for the Interview in Spanish with “Gerardo Gaya: Padre coraje a la Mexicana”.^[15][16][17]

• Pedrosa, Lawrence (2016-08-14). "Isabel Bucaram". Social Media Week. Retrieved 2021-10-09.