Pamela Silva
Peruvian-American journalist (born 1981)
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Pamela Silva (born August 16, 1981) is a Peruvian-American, multiple Emmy Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of the Univision Network's weekday newsmagazine, Primer Impacto, based in Miami.[1][2] During her marriage to media executive Cesar Conde from 2009 to 2020, she was known as Pamela Silva Conde.
St. Thomas University (GrDip)
Pamela Silva | |
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Silva in 2017 | |
| Born | August 16, 1981 |
| Education | Florida International University (BA, MBA) St. Thomas University (GrDip) |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Early life
Pamela Silva was born in Lima to her mother, Rosario, and lived there until she was nine. Her father died in a car accident the day before she was born.[3] She graduated from Florida International University in Miami in 2003. As a senior broadcast journalism major, she served as a Miami Dolphins Cheerleader.[4]
Professional career
Silva began her career at Univision in 2003 as a public affairs coordinator and producer for the community affairs show Miami Ahora (Miami Now) at WLTV 23. She also worked as a guest reporter for Univision Network shows, including El Gordo y La Flaca (The Fat Man and The Skinny Woman), Despierta America (Wake-Up America) and Control. She was the Miami-based reporter for TeleFutura's Escandalo TV (ShowBiz TV) and the station spokesperson for WAMI TeleFutura 69. She also hosted TeleFutura 69's first local newscast, Noticias en Noventa (News in 90), a 90-second daily segment of news highlights.
In 2005, Silva rejoined the Univision Miami affiliate news team as an entertainment anchor and reporter. She then became a substitute news anchor and was later named main anchor for the leading Spanish-language morning newscast in South Florida, Noticias 23 Al Amanecer. In addition to her duties as a news anchor, she also worked on special feature and investigative reports as a national correspondent for the investigative newsmagazine Aqui y Ahora,, with which she continues collaborating.
In 2011, Univision named her as co-anchor of Primer Impacto.[5]
Recognition
In 2006, she won her first Emmy Award for on-camera work.[6] In 2007, she received three additional Emmy Awards for writing, news feature story, and a human interest story.[7] Two more Emmys followed: in 2009, for a feature story about Facebook,[8] and in 2010 for an investigative special feature.[9] In 2013, she was chosen as one of "People en Español"'s 50 most beautiful people.[10] In May 2013, she was a guest host on ABC's The View.[11] She was presented with the Leading Ladies of Entertainment accolade by the Latin Recording Academy in 2018.[12]
Personal life
In 2012, she received an MBA from Florida International University, where she earned her undergraduate degree. The Pamela Silva Scholarship at FIU's Honors College provides scholarships to first-generation, low-income business or journalism majors.[13][14]
She married media executive Cesar Conde in 2009. They divorced in 2020. She gave birth to a son, Ford Liam Siberry, in April 2020.[15] Ford's father is snowboarder and her ex-boyfriend Jordan Siberry.[16]
She is a board member of Amigos for Kids, a Miami-based charity focused on preventing child abuse.[17]