Background
Rodriguez was born in Miami and grew up in South Florida. Son Michael Tobin was born June 13, 2010. Daniella was born in 2005.
Rodriguez was born in Miami and grew up in South Florida. Son Michael Tobin was born June 13, 2010. Daniella was born in 2005.
She graduated from Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in 1987. She attended American University in Washington, District of Columbia and graduated from the University of Miami in 1991 with a degree in broadcast journalism and Spanish.
Rodriguez was also a substitute anchor for Katie Couric on The Columbia Broadcasting System Evening News. Rodriguez was formerly co-anchor of the Saturday edition of The Early Show in 2007. From 1991-1994, she served as a reporter for the Univision network in Miami.
Her career in journalism began at WLTV-DT (1989-1990), a Univision owned-and-operated station in Miami, where she was an associate producer, field producer and assignment editors
From 1994 until 2000, Rodriguez was anchor of the midday news and of a weekend news magazine show at KABC-television in Los Angeles, California. She was a field reporter and covered a wide array of stories, including earthquakes, mudslides and the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
Before joining Columbia Broadcasting System News, Rodriguez anchored the 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. newscasts at WFOR-television, the Columbia Broadcasting System owned-and-operated station in Miami, from 2000-2007. While there, she reported on and anchored coverage of a wide range of major news events, including many hurricanes and, from New York City, the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Rodriguez is mostly known for her role as female news anchor on weekday Columbia Broadcasting System The Early Show from 2008-2010.
She worked alongside anchors Julie Chen, Harry Smith, and Dave Price until 2010, when Columbia Broadcasting System announced Rodriguez, Harry Smith, Dave Price would all be replaced. All three anchors were replaced by Erica Hill and Chris Wragge starting January 3rd 2011. Since her replacement Rodriguez has moved back to Miami.
Rodriguez" alma mater, the University of Miami, awarded her the first-ever "Alpha Epsilon Rho Professional of the Year Award", its top honor for professionals in the communication industry.