Alicia Menendez Biography
Alicia Menendez is a writer, host, and pundit for American television. She is an MSNBC anchor and the author of The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are (2019). She has been the Saturday and Sunday anchor of American Voices on MSNBC since 2020. Menendez hosts the Latina to Latina podcast and contributes as an editor to Bustle.
Alicia Menendez Age
Menendez was born on July 2, 1983,
Alicia Menendez Height
Menendez stands at an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and has a weight of about 68 kg.
Alicia Menendez Family
As the daughter of Jane Jacobsen and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Menendez grew up in Union City, New Jersey. Her mother is of German, Norwegian, and Irish origin, while her father is an American of the third generation with Cuban ancestry. She received her degree from Harvard College in 2005. She was brought up Catholic.
Alicia Menendez Husband
Menendez wed Carlos Pro Odio in Coral Gables, Florida, in 2015. Carlos Pro Socarrás, Pro’s grandfather, led Cuba as president from 1948 until 1952. Menendez has been a Miami resident since 2012.
Alicia Menendez Career
Menendez previously held the positions of the host of Come Here and Say That on Fusion and correspondent for the PBS program Amanpour & Company. She worked as a host and producer at HuffPost Live before that. She is the offspring of Robert Menendez, a senator from the United States.
Alicia frequently appeared as a guest on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. Menendez co-hosted Power Play on Sirius XM’s Cristina Radio before joining HuffPost Live, The Huffington Post’s online video network, and he was a contributor to NBCLatino.com. Menendez and Adriana Maestas established Dailygrito.com in 2011 to provide a Latino perspective on news and politics. Politic365.com acquired DailyGrito.com in 2012.
Menendez, Jose Antonio Vargas, Jake Brewer, and Jehmu Greene formed Define American together. Immigration reform is the main topic of Define American. At NDN, a left-leaning advocacy group and think tank in Washington, DC, she held the position of Senior Advisor. Menendez is a former member of Democracia USA and Rock the Vote. She has also worked as an on-air contributor as a television segment producer for RNN TV in New York. Menendez has worked as a correspondent for PBS’s Amanpour & Company in the past. October 2019 saw her join MSNBC. She started presenting a brand-new Saturday and Sunday program on MSNBC called American Voices on September 19, 2020.
She might frequently be seen on MSNBC in 2022 acting as a guest anchor for various shows like All In, Alex Wagner Tonight, and the 11th Hour. U.S. News & World Report and The New York Times took notice of Menendez’s senior honors thesis on women’s social capital at Harvard University. Menendez was chosen to give her college commencement address in 2005 after being named one of the classes of 2005’s 15 most fascinating students by The Harvard Crimson.
Alicia Menendez Salary
Menedez receives an average salary of $75,000 annually.
Alicia Menendez’s Net Worth
Menendez has an estimated net worth of $1 million. Her primary source of income is her job as an NBC News correspondent.
Alicia Menendez’s Social Media Accounts
Menendez is active on social media and she posts personal and work-related stuff from time to time. She has over 2000 followers on Instagram, 1500 on Facebook, and 2300 on Twitter.