# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-elena-salinas
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:27:44.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-elena-salinas"
name: "María Elena Salinas"
slug: "maria-elena-salinas"
description: "María Elena Salinas is a Mexican and American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author. Called the \"Voice of Hispanic America\" by The New York Times, Salinas is one of the most recognized Hispanic female journalists in the United States. She was the co-anchor of Noticiero Univision, the primary evening news broadcast on Univision, and the co-host of the news magazine program Aquí y Ahora."
tagline: "American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Elena_Salinas_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1954-09-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.11
  momentum:             5.019011406844107
  historical:           5.313106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MariaESalinas"
    handle:    "MariaESalinas"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482241/"
    handle:    "nm1482241"
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Salinas"
    title: "María Elena Salinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ماريا إلينا ساليناس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ماريا الينا ساليناس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Salinas"
    title: "María Elena Salinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Salinas"
    title: "María Elena Salinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6781982"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1685433"
    title: "María Elena Salinas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump