Adriana Monsalve

Adriana Monsalve
Born Adriana Monsalve
(1977-07-27) July 27, 1977
Caracas, Venezuela[1]
Occupation Sportscaster
Journalist
Television host
Years active 2005–present

Adriana Monsalve (born July 27, 1977 in Caracas, Venezuela)[2] is a Venezuelan sportscaster, journalist who currently works for Univision Deportes.

Career

Monsalve became famous as the lead singer in the girl band "Chikas" and in the pop bands "Tartara" in Venezuela, and "Latin Fiesta" in London, England. She also hosted the TV morning show "Aló RCTV" in Caracas for more than a year. In 2002, she moved to the United States, where she has participated in many commercials and stage productions such as "Esther" at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.

Soon after, she became the Hispanic Spokesperson for furniture giant "Rooms to Go". In 2005, when she was hired to be the sports anchor for the 6:00 pm newscast of Orlando's Telemundo local affiliate.

In 2007 Monsalve was hired by ESPN as Sports Anchor of ESPN Deportes broadcasting for Sports' Center Hispanic viewers in North America, and also through ESPN 2 Central and South America.[3] On November 28, 2014 she announced she was leaving ESPN and was later revealed she was joining Univision Deportes.

References

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