Veronica De La Cruz

As Eric De La Cruz's sister, Veronica De La Cruz is the founder and driving force behind the campaign for "Eric's Law". Upon seeing an incredible amount support materialize from what started as a personal one-woman online campiagn, Veronica has also expanded her efforts to improve the lives of thousands through advocacy of health care reform issues and support of patients in financial need.

 

Professionally, Veronica currently works for the TV Guide Network as an entertainment news correspondent and reporter, and can also be seen elsewhere as a freelance television journalist. In her career, she has served on several of CNN’s programs, including it's flagship American Morning, as an Internet correspondent, reporting on the hottest news from online sources and blogs and guiding viewers through the most popular and essential stories from CNN.com and i-Reports, the network’s user-generated content initiative.

ABOUT VERONICA DE LA CRUZ

 

 

 

 

 

She has also anchored CNN.com Live, CNN Pipeline and “Now in the News,” a fast-paced hourly Web- and wireless-exclusive news update. In those roles, she anchored live coverage of major breaking stories including the death of former President Ronald Reagan, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict and Hurricane Katrina. She also provided briefings on CNN/U.S. and Headline News about the most popular stories on CNN.com and served as a substitute anchor for both networks.

Prior to joining CNN, De La Cruz worked 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 was a music journalist for SonicNet/Digital Planet and Eruptor Entertainment’s Living Giant. She began her broadcasting career hosting Direct Drive, a show she created for 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 serves as a spokeswoman for Lions Health First Foundation, which provides preventive health screenings for senior citizens and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Veronica is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association and mentors aspiring broadcast-journalists at the Associated Press Television-Radio Association’s Academy.

E-mail Veronica at: veronica@ericslaw.com