HPNG Networking Event Video - Guest Speaker: Maritza Puello, NY1 Noticias

Ali Curi, HPNG President, interviews Maritza Puello, Executive Editor, NY1 Noticias

Maritza Puello was the first person hired to oversee the launch of NY1's Spanish language newschannel NY1 Noticias in June of 2003. As Executive Editor, Puello hires and trains a staff of Spanish speaking writers, producers and reporters, and handles day-to-day operations of the newschannel.

She came to NY1 from Starmedia.com where she was a project manager, working on all their Spanish language web products. Prior to that, she was a producer for Fox News Channel where she helped launch Fox NewsEdge.

Among her accolades in November 2009, she received Defining Times Magazine's Latino Trendsetter award, also in May of 2009 El Diario La Prensa presented her with the Mujeres Destacadas Award. She also received a Groundbreaking Latina of the Year from CATALINA MAGAZINE in October 2007.

Puello, a native New Yorker, has lived on the Upper West Side her entire life. She is a graduate of Fordham University.