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Puerto Rico Lilia Luciano is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, podcaster and public speaker, recognized for her insightful reporting and documentary work across major networks.
Lilia Luciano is a National Correspondent and Anchor at CBS News, and an Emmy-winning journalist. She has covered various national news stories, including the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting (earning an Emmy nomination), wildfires in California and Oregon, BLM protests, and immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. She also produced and hosted 'Fighting for Paradise: The Future of Puerto Rico,' a CBS News documentary streaming on Paramount Plus and CBSN.
Lilia Luciano hosts the podcast 'El Flow' on iHeartRadio.
Lilia Luciano was an investigative reporter at ABC 10 in Sacramento, a TEGNA station. Her work there earned her a Walter Cronkite Award for her documentary series 'Puerto Rico Rises' and multiple regional Emmy Awards, including for her coverage of the Northern California Wildfires.
Lilia Luciano served as the chief investigative correspondent on Discovery Channel's 'Border Live,' covering issues related to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Lilia Luciano is the director and producer of 'Wars of Others,' an HBO Latino documentary film that examines the consequences of the U.S. War on Drugs on Colombian farmers.
Lilia Luciano founded CoInspire, an interview series focused on entrepreneurship, in partnership with Rokk3r Labs.
Lilia Luciano has worked as a host and contributor for various Vice platforms, both in English and Spanish. Her work included investigations into the oil and gas industry's impact on Louisiana's coastal land for VICE News, and embedding with gasoline smugglers for VICELAND's 'Black Market Dispatches.'
Lilia Luciano was a national news correspondent for NBC News, reporting for 'The Today Show,' 'Nightly News with Brian Williams,' and MSNBC.
Lilia Luciano is a contributing columnist for HuffPost, writing in both English and Spanish on topics concerning the Hispanic community, the War on Drugs, and Human Rights.
Lilia Luciano serves on the advisory council for the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up initiative, which promotes access to quality education and the well-being of girls worldwide.
After graduating, Lilia Luciano was hired by Univision Networks as correspondent and co-anchor for 'En Vivo y Directo.'
Lilia Luciano was a co-host from 2006 to 2010 on 'Escandalo TV' (Scandal TV) at TeleFutura Network.
Lilia Luciano interned with Telemundo, producing and anchoring a finance and economics segment for Telemundo Internacional. She also reported for Telemundo during events such as Hurricane Irene and the Joran Van der Sloot trial.
In 2010, Lilia Luciano served as spokesperson for the Univision and Bill Gates Foundation's education campaign, 'Es El Momento'.
Lilia Luciano is a supporter and collaborator with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Lilia Luciano is a supporter and collaborator with Walk Now for Autism.
In 2009, 'People en Español' selected Lilia Luciano for their '50 Most Beautiful' people issue.
In 2010, 'Cosmopolitan Magazine' featured Lilia Luciano on their November cover.
Lilia Luciano was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She pursued her education at Tufts University, initially studying pre-medicine, before transferring to the University of Miami in 2003. She graduated in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and broadcast journalism. During her time at the University of Miami, Luciano gained early professional experience interning with Telemundo, where she produced and anchored a finance and economics segment for Telemundo Internacional. After graduation, she was hired by Univision Networks as a correspondent and co-anchor for the evening newscast ‘En Vivo y Directo,’ and later as a co-host for ‘Escandalo TV’ (Scandal TV) on TeleFutura Network from 2006 to 2010. This period laid the groundwork for her extensive career in broadcast journalism.
Luciano’s career progressed significantly with her move to NBC News in December 2010, where she served as a national correspondent based in Miami. She was a key reporter for high-profile news stories, contributing to ‘NBC Nightly News,’ ‘The Today Show,’ MSNBC, The Weather Channel, and CNBC. Her assignments included covering Hurricane Irene in 2011, the Casey Anthony murder trial, and the Joran Van der Sloot murder trial in Peru in 2012. After her time at NBC, Luciano became a chief investigative correspondent for Discovery Channel’s ‘Border Live’ and an investigative reporter at TEGNA-owned ABC 10 in Sacramento. Her work at ABC 10 earned her multiple regional and national awards, including a Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2019 for her four-part documentary series, ‘Puerto Rico Rises.’ She also received five Regional Emmy Awards for her reporting on topics like immigration, asylum seekers, California wildfires, and her documentary on Hurricane Maria.
Currently, Luciano is a national correspondent and anchor at CBS News, based in New York, and hosts the iHeart Radio podcast, ‘El Flow.’ At CBS News, she spearheads coverage of major national events, including wildfires in California and Oregon, BLM protests, immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, and the Astroworld festival tragedy. She has also contributed feature stories and interviews to ‘CBS Mornings’ and ‘CBS Sunday Morning.’ In 2023, her coverage of the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting earned her and the CBS News team an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage. Beyond her journalism, Luciano is a documentary filmmaker, with ‘Wars of Others,’ an HBO Latino documentary, being a notable project. She is also engaged in non-profit work, serving on the Advisory Board of the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up initiative since 2013 and participating in the Oslo Freedom Forum Human Rights conferences as a moderator since 2016.
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