Michele Ruiz Biography
Michele Ruiz is an American entrepreneur and award-winning broadcast journalist who was formerly a Los Angeles news anchor for KNBC-TV. She is also an author and public speaker. Ruiz was born on January 21, 1965, in Glendale, California, the U.S.
She is the President and CEO of a communications firm, Ruiz Strategies, which develops and executes content marketing strategies for businesses, government entities and executives. Ruiz is also the founder and former President/CEO of a bilingual educational broadband website for US Hispanics, SaberHacer.com. She is available on MicheleRuiz.com, a site where she maintains a self-titled blog.
Ruiz has served for 13 years on the Board of Directors for the non-profit agency Para Los Niños. She has also served on the Cal State Fullerton College of Communications’ Dean’s Advisory Board. Ruiz had a cameo role in the 1993 American crime film movie, Rising Sun, as a television reporter. The movie was based on Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name.
Michele Ruiz Age
Ruiz was born on January 21, 1965, in Glendale, California, USA. She went through a difficult childhood dealing with racism, discrimination, and poverty. Ruiz is 54 years old as of 2019.
Michele Ruiz Family
Ruiz was born in Glendale, California. Her parents were Panamanian with her first language being Spanish. She did not learn English until she went to school. Ruiz had a difficult childhood growing up in Southern California where she describes dealing with racism, discrimination, and poverty.
She attributes her difficult upbringing for her scrappiness and determination. In 1988, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Cal State Fullerton where she studied while working full-time in a clerical position.
Michele Ruiz Husband
There is insufficient information about Ruiz’s Husband that is publicly available. She keeps most of her personal life relationships under the covers. However, in an article on her blog dated March 25, 2012, and titled My Life Is Changing, she speaks of her divorce with an unnamed husband for unspecified reasons.
She also makes reference to her two children whose names are still unknown. Her current relationship status is also not clear. Therefore, Ruiz may be single, dating, engaged or even married.
Michele Ruiz Fantasia
Michele Ruiz hosted the Fantasia program which debuted on December 1, 1997. FAntasia was a Brazilian television program hosted by several female models on SBT and based on the Italian television program Non è la RAI. Within the entertainment program, people could participate in several games and earn money by phoning the program. Most of the model hosts of the program proceeded to have their career on TV.
Michele Ruiz KNBC | Television
In 1989, Ruiz began her broadcasting career as a co-anchor on Channel One News. The program initially began in four high schools, as a pilot program broadcast before its national debut in 1990.
Michele Ruiz worked at KTLA in Los Angeles, California from 1991 to 1998, as a field reporter and morning anchor for the station’s KTLA Morning News. She also co-hosted Making it! Minority Success Stories, a weekly public affairs program.
Michele Ruiz joined KNBC-TV as a general assignment reporter in 1998. She was promoted to an anchor position in 2001, where she co-anchored with Chuck Henry on the station’s nightly 6:00 pm newscast.
Michele Ruiz Net Worth
She has no doubt made a good amount of income from her illustrious career first as a journalist and now as an entrepreneur. Over the years, Ruiz has accumulated an attractive fortune. However, her actual net worth is yet to be released as her assets and liabilities are still under review.
Michele Ruiz Awards
As a Journalist
Michele Ruiz is a five-time Emmy Award honoree and has received 19 Emmy Award nominations as well as a four-time Golden Mike recipient. She won three Los Angeles-area Emmys and two Golden Mikes while at KTLA. Ruiz won two more Emmys in 2003, for her work on NBC4 news specials “Journey to Africa” and “LA Riots: Rubble to Rebirth.” Her work on NBC4’s “Beating the Odds” series saw her receive numerous honors, including two Golden Mikes and was presented the LA Press Club Award in 2002, for a series on autism.
Two angel investors agreed to provide seed capital in 2005, to launch a business idea from Ruiz. She decided to leave KNBC to become an entrepreneur two months later.
Other Awards And Recognition
The City of Los Angeles gave Ruiz two commendations for Outstanding Citizenship for Civic Contributions and Dedication to the Community. She was named Comision Femenil De Los Angeles and Latina of the Year. Michele Ruiz is also a recipient of the Certificate of Congressional Commendation from the U.S. House of Representatives and a commendation letter from the United States Senate. She also received a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate.
Michele Ruiz was honored with Cal State Fullerton’s Vision & Visionaries award in 2006. This is the highest honor that the university bestows on those who have gotten their degrees from this institution. The Distinguished Alumni Award has also been presented to titans in business, science, education, communications, and the arts. This award highlights the vision, achievements and philanthropic efforts of Cal State Fullerton’s graduates.
Ruiz was named I and featured in Latina Magazine in 2013. Ruiz was also named as a Champion of Diversity in the same year 2013, by DiversityBusiness.com.
Michele Ruiz Website | Blog
Michele Ruiz launched a bilingual educational broadband website for US Hispanics, Saberhacer.com, in 2006.
Ruiz then started her personal brand, entitled “Michele Ruiz ~ My Life as a Latina Entrepreneur” and launched the website MicheleRuiz.com. She publishes stories of her personal and professional life in her self-titled blog.
Ruiz started Ruiz Strategies in 2011, a strategic communications and content marketing services company that uses social media, new media, traditional media and virtual technologies to help companies and individuals promote themselves. Ruiz published her first book in January 2016, a guide to legal marketing and advertising entitled Content Marketing For Lawyers.
Michele Ruiz Quotes
- It was just what I, and every other egotistical human being, longs to hear. You’re not weird; the rest of the world is.
- All of this random, reflexive, high-profile tweeting by a famous man communicating directly with his vast following . . . wherever have we seen this before?
- It’s easy to have an icy, cynical heart when there are so many terrible things happening in the world today. And yet, as Hugh Grant once said, if you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.
- Gomez is living her best single life, as her friend and former assistant Theresa Mingus posted a photo of them to Instagram on a boat in New York not long after the news of Bieber’s engagement broke. Raising a glass to strong, independent women, probably.