PERSON: Cecilia Vega

Correspondent

Cecilia Marcellina Vega (born January 7, 1977) is an American journalist and news correspondent for 60 Minutes. Prior to that she was the Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News. Vega also worked at the local news affiliate KGO-TV in San Francisco, where she was awarded an Emmy in 2010. The next year, she joined ABC News, first working as a Los Angeles-based correspondent. In 2015, she became the Saturday news anchor for ABC World News Tonight. Vega vacated the position to become the network’s senior White House Correspondent, and also hosted Good Morning America.

Vega graduated in 1995 at Salesian High School in Richmond, California. She graduated from the American University School of Communication in 1999. After graduating, Vega reported for the San Francisco Chronicle, covering then-Mayor Gavin Newsom’s administration. Her reporting received accolades from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the East Bay Press Club, and the Hearst Corporation.

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