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Puerto Rican television journalist

Luz Nereida Vélez (born October 6, 1955)^[1] is a Puerto Rican television news reporter and anchorwoman on the WAPA-TV news show NotiCentro 4, having worked since 1978.

Luz Nereida Vélez completed her bachelor’s degree with a ...

Early life and career

Vélez grew up in the western Puerto Rico town of Mayagüez. There, she used to play with a tape recorder and microphone at her family's house. She would practice talking about news and play music with this recorder.^[2]

Vélez excelled in school, becoming a member of a group for very intelligent students.

She was accepted, at the young age of 15, to the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, from where she hoped to graduate with a medical degree as a surgeon. It was while there that she got her first job as an anchorwoman, when she was hired by a local radio station, WOLE, which covered the areas of Mayagüez and Aguadilla.^[2]

Television career

Vélez lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a period.

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