Adriana Diaz Biography
Adriana Diaz is a media personality serving as a CBS News national correspondent based in Chicago and anchor of the Saturday edition of the “CBS Weekend News,” which broadcasts from CBS News’ Chicago Bureau located in the CBS-owned-and-operated station WBBM-TV. She joined the network in 2012. Previously, she was CBS News’ Asia correspondent based in Beijing. Prior to joining CBS News, she reported for Channel One News and hosted Yahoo’s “Trending Now” web show.
Adriana Diaz Age
When was Adriana Diaz born? Adriana was born on January 1, 1984, in New York, New York, United States. She is 39 years old as of 2023.
Adriana Diaz Height
She is 5 feet 7 inches tall approximately 1.7 m or 170 cm.
Adriana Diaz Nationality
She holds American nationality.
Adriana Diaz Education
Diaz attended Stuyvesant High School. She then joined Princeton University where she majored in public and international affairs graduating in 2006. Subsequently, she earned a master’s degree in public affairs and public administration in a dual degree program at Columbia University and France’s Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Science Po).
Adriana Diaz Parents
Adriana is a New York City native. However, her family is from the Dominican Republic, and she speaks Spanish, French, and Mandarin. She also has three sisters and an older brother. Her brother, Gabe Diaz is an underground New York rapper/former backup dancer who goes by the name Moniker Gabe Spice, or the son of O.
Adriana Diaz Husband
Who is Adriana Diaz’s husband? Adriana is married to Bryan Smith, a cardiologist at the University of Chicago Medical Center and an assistant professor of medicine at the same institution. Smith initially studied for his Bachelor’s in Biology at Harvard University, then opted to study for his MD at the Pritzker School of Medicine.
He completed two fellowships in cardiology at the University of Chicago and the second in advanced heart failure and transplant with the Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The couple tied the knot in 2020 at St. Mary of the Angel’s Church in Chicago. They met at a get-together set up by Smith’s sister. Though the couple’s initial meeting went smoothly, distance became a factor for their romance to blossom. Smith and Adriana lived in different cities at the time, but as fate would have it, they crossed paths thanks to the network giving them a nudge indirectly. Recalling that period, in an interview with Vogue in June 2020, Adriana revealed that her older brother and Smith’s older sister proposed they meet: “Bryan’s older sister Kirsten and my older brother Gabe suggested we meet. The problem was, at the time, I lived in New York, and Smith lived in Chicago.”
Months later, CBS News’ “This Morning” and the CBS “Evening News with Norah O’Donnell” transferred Adriana to the network’s Chicago branch. There, they met again at a Chicago downtown rooftop barbecue organized by his younger sibling. Adriana joked that it appeared as if the whole family planned the entire setup: “It seemed like the whole family was in on it! And from the moment I met him, his smiling and calming nature put me at ease.”
They had a Catholic mass at their wedding, and instead of traditional vows, they had to write to their priest about why they wanted to get married. Smith’s longtime teacher and principal from Catholic High School officiated the ceremony. He read the letters to the couple, and Adriana noted it was marvelous. After the ceremony, guests had to walk over a bridge sheltered by a canopy of hanging flowers and greenery to reach the reception at the Chicago Botanical Garden. Smith and Adriana had their first dance in the rose garden illuminated by hanging chandeliers.
Adriana Diaz Kids
Does Adriana Diaz have a baby? Yes, Adriana is a mother to one baby. She welcomed her daughter, Isabela Rose Diaz Smith in October 2021. In March 2021, Adriana announced on CBS “This Morning” that she was expecting her first child with her husband Smith. Her daughter kicked on her exact due date.
Adriana is also expecting a second child with her husband. She revealed on CBS that her baby is a boy.
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Adriana Diaz CBS News
Who is Adriana Diaz? Diaz is a CBS News national correspondent based in Chicago and anchor of the Saturday edition of the “CBS Weekend News,” which broadcasts from CBS News’ Chicago Bureau located in the CBS-owned-and-operated station WBBM-TV.
Diaz joined the network in 2012. She recently reported from inside COVID-19 wards, interviewing patients and frontline workers in Wisconsin’s largest hospital. She and her colleagues have also covered the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on minorities. Diaz has reported on Chicago gun violence, the Flint water crisis, and from Mexico, reporting on the caravans of migrants traveling by foot to the United States. Diaz spent a month covering the school shooting in Parkland, Florida and was part of the CBS News team that won an Emmy for “39 Days,” a primetime documentary about the Parkland student movement. She was also part of the network team that won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for outstanding breaking news coverage of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Diaz was previously CBS News’ Asia correspondent based in Beijing, where she used her Mandarin skills to report from China on U.S.-Chinese relations, Chinese politics, science, and culture. Diaz reported from inside North Korea twice, documenting the country’s political pageantry and isolation. Her Asia assignments also took her to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Japan, and Laos.
As a CBS Newspath correspondent, Diaz covered Pope Francis’ visits to Brazil in 2013, Israel and Palestine in 2014, Cuba in 2015, and Mexico in 2016. She was part of the first team dispatched to Havana to normalize relations with the U.S. in December 2014 and covered the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
Prior to joining CBS News, Diaz reported for Channel One News and hosted Yahoo’s “Trending Now” web show. Before journalism, Diaz was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. She is also on the board of the Harmony Program, which provides music education to New York City students in underserved communities. Diaz was Miss New York USA 2006 and Miss New York Teen USA 2003.
Adriana Diaz Salary
Diaz earns an average annual salary of $ 87,503 as of 2023 for her role as CBS News national correspondent and the anchor of the CBS Weekend News.
Adriana Diaz Net Worth
As of 2023, her estimated net worth is between $1 million and $5 million, primarily earned through her successful career in journalism.
