Natalie Morales (journalist)
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Morales in 2011
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| Born |
Natalie Leticia Morales June 6, 1972 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Residence |
Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. (2002-2016) Brentwood, California, U.S. (2016-present) |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Notable credit(s) |
Today co-anchor and national correspondent (2006–2011) Today news anchor and third hour co-anchor (2011–2016) Today West Coast anchor (2016–present) Access host (2016–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Joseph Rhodes (m. 1998) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Today: Natalie Morales |
Natalie Morales-Rhodes (born Natalie Leticia Morales; 6 June 1972) is an American journalist working for NBC News. She is the Today Show West Coast anchor and appears on other programs including Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News.
In August 2016, after the Rio Summer Olympics, Morales moved to Los Angeles, where she became both the Today show's West Coast anchor, Billy Bush's replacement as host of Access Hollywood and Access Hollywood Live, while continuing as a correspondent for Dateline.
Natalie Morales was born 6 June 1972 in Taiwan, to a Brazilian mother, Penelope, and a Puerto Rican father, Lieutenant Colonel Mario Morales, Jr. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and spent the first eighteen years of her life living in America and overseas in Panama, Brazil, and Spain as a "U.S. Air Force brat". She graduated in 1990 from Caesar Rodney High School located in Camden, Delaware.
Morales holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University with dual majors in journalism and Latin American studies. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Summa Cum Laude.
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