Background
Lia was born Maria Michelina Diaz de Rivera Cruz on July 13, 1985.
Lia was born Maria Michelina Diaz de Rivera Cruz on July 13, 1985.
Lia is now with TV5 as a host of travel and tech show Technical Trip and daily morning show Sapul sa Singko. Lia is noted for being one of the youngest and most popular female sportscasters in the Philippines, from her stints as the main host for BTV under Solar Sports and as a courtside reporter for the Philippine Basketball Association (Proceedings of the British Academy). Lia writes in a stylish magazine as columnist for Candy Magazine, a youth female magazine for young teenage girls published by Summit Media.
She is an endorser of Adidas products in the Philippines.
= television shows Radio Heart 103.5 "103.5 Wow FM" (as a DJ, 2002-2005) U-Rock (NU 107, 2005-2010).