Frances Rivera Biography
Frances Rivera is a journalist and television news anchor who is Filipino-American. She worked as a television reporter and anchor for Boston’s NBC affiliate, WHDH, for ten years, until August 2011. She worked as a morning news anchor for WPIX in New York City from 2011 to 2013.
How old is Frances Rivera? – Age
She is 53 years old as of 6 September 2023. She was born in 1970 in the Philippines.
Frances Rivera Family – Education
She and her family, including her two brothers Andre and Marc, moved from the Philippines to Austin, Texas, when she was three years old. They eventually relocated and settled in Dallas. Her family sent her to the Philippines to finish her studies, which she did, earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Frances Rivera Husband – Children
Rivera married Stuart Fraass, a Boston mortgage broker, in 2003, and they had their first child, Tessa, in 2010. She gave birth to their second child, a son named Laz Conrad River, in the fall of 2012.
Frances Rivera Career
Rivera was reported to be leaving WHDH in August 2011 for a New York TV job due to personal and family reasons in July 2011. Her last Boston broadcast was on Thursday, August 18, 2011. She left to join the WPIX Pix11 Morning News in New York City, where she began covering Hurricane Irene on Sunday, August 28, 2011, at 6:14 a.m.
Rivera accepted a buyout from WPIX on August 6, 2013, and left the station at the end of the month. “Never been into on-air goodbyes, so for my last week at work, I insist on a no fuss, genuine one right here: Much love and goodbye for now!” she wrote on her Facebook page. She joined MSNBC as a co-anchor in 2014. She has co-anchored Early Today with Phillip Mena since 2017. Rivera joined WHDH in Boston in 2001 and was promoted to news anchor in 2006.
Rivera returned to the United States after graduating from college to work at CBS Morning News in New York City. She previously worked for CBS affiliate KWTV in Oklahoma City and NBC affiliate KFDX in Wichita Falls, Texas. She also covered the 1996 presidential campaign for CBS News’ The Morning Show in New York City. Rivera was also a co-host and reporter for Asian America on PBS.
Frances Rivera Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 million.