Satcha Pretto
| Satcha Pretto | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Satcha Pretto Padilla Cisneros April 5, 1980 La Paz, Honduras |
| Occupation | journalist, co-anchor, triathlete, marathonist |
| Spouse(s) | Aaron Butler (2013) |
Satcha Pretto (born April 5, 1980) is a Honduran Emmy Award-winning journalist and news co-anchor of the Univision Network's popular morning show Despierta America.
Satcha was born in La Paz, Honduras, the daughter of Honduran Liz Padilla and Panamanian Rolando Pretto. She lived in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from the age of three until she was 18 years old. Her father died from a heart attack in 1996.
Pretto studied in bilingual schools in Honduras: Mayan Elementary School and Macris High School in Tegucigalpa. Satcha's excellent academic record earned her a scholarship in 1998 to attend Angelo State University[1] in San Angelo, Texas. In 2001, she graduated with a B.A. in Communications.
She speaks English and Spanish fluently.
While still in high school in Honduras, at the age of 17, Satcha had the opportunity via the National Broadcasters Association of Honduras to get a job at a radio station. She was hired by Radio Suprema Stereo 99.5 in Tegucigalpa where, prior to hitting the airwaves, she received intense training during three months. Her radio debut as the host of a three-hour-long live show came in August 1997. Pretto broadcast the show (in her school uniform) for one year.
She started her professional career as a television journalist in Midland-Odessa, Texas as a reporter and anchor of the late night newscast of KTLE-Telemundo. She was also able to work as a reporter for KWES-TV channel 9, a NBC affiliate and Telemundo KTLE's sister station. Pretto worked in West Texas from January 2002 to September 2003.
In October of that same year, Pretto moved to Dallas, Texas where she was hired to co-anchor KUVN channel 23's (an Univision affiliate) 5:00 p.m. newscast, Cinco en Punto (Five o'Clock) and report for the late night newscast, Edición Nocturna (Nightly Edition). While at KUVN, Pretto collaborated with the CNN Cable Network as a reporter for Anderson Cooper 360 and the now defunct Paula Zahn Now. [2] Pretto's most memorable interview in Dallas was with famous Chilean writer Isabel Allende on March, 2006.
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