Veronica de la Cruz is a news anchor for CNN.com, guiding users through news reports across the site’s multiple live video streams. De La Cruz also anchors “Now in the News,” a fast-paced hourly Web- and wireless-exclusive news update, and provides briefings on CNN/U.S. and Headline News about the most popular stories on CNN.com. She joined CNN in 2003 and is based in the network’s world headquarters in Atlanta.

De La Cruz joined CNN after working as an anchor, reporter and producer at KYMA-TV in Yuma, Ariz. There, she anchored and produced a one-hour morning newscast as well as anchored a half-hour show at noon. She produced reports and did live shots for the evening newscasts. During her tenure at KYMA-TV, De La Cruz covered numerous stories on U.S.- Mexico border issues, the nation’s nursing shortage and the plight of the migrant farm worker. She also produced a series on the homeless, with whom she continues to do extensive volunteer work.

Before KYMA-TV, De La Cruz worked as a music show host for SonicNet/Digital Planet where she interviewed the likes of Eagle Eye Cherry and Vertical Horizon, and a host and reporter for Eruptor Entertainment’s “Living Giant,” where she reported from exotic locales like Ibiza, Spain. De La Cruz also worked as a host and producer for “Direct Drive,” a show on the Digital Entertainment Network.

Before beginning her career in journalism, De La Cruz spent a decade of her life as a competitive figure skater.

She is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association and mentors aspiring broadcast-journalists at the Associated Press Television-Radio Association’s Academy.