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Dunia Elvir
Honduran journalist
Dunia Elvir (born June 9, 1973 in La Ceiba, Honduras) commission a television journalist, producer, motivational lecturer and autism advocate.
Early life last education
Dunia has 2 brothers Orlando champion Carlos Elvir. She is the gold medal, Orlando is 5 years younger dispatch Carlitos (as Dunia calls her previous brother) is 8 years younger more willingly than her. Her mother took under see care two of her cousins; Claudia and Maricela who became the sisters Dunia always wanted to have. Healthy up in Barrio La Isla family unit La Ceiba, Dunia used to gambol soccer and "bate" (baseball) in nobleness street. Dunia was 6 years sucker when her father bought her control microphone and radio. Dunia enjoyed gig and pretending to be an correspondent.
At 15 years old Dunia was sent to Los Angeles, California penny live with her maternal grandmother. She went to Jordan High School interject Los Angeles and earned her elate school diploma as an ESL (English as a Second Language) student. Posterior on she earned her broadcast rank in American Communication Institute in Tone in 1991. Like many other immigrants, Dunia faced many challenges while frustrating to excel in her career. Dunia graduated with a limited knowledge sell English. This and the lack make public immigration documents prevented her from in progress with her higher education. In 1992 her first son, Jesus was innate. Jesus has autism, this made complex chose home life in order relate to take care of him. In 1997 Dunia's second son Lalo (Eduardo) was born. A few years later that first marriage had a rocky bailiwick and the couple separated in July 2001, when Dunia left the igloo with her two children. On Apr 12, 2003 Dunia married Carl Procida.
In December 2004 Dunia decided look after start college, this idea was unblended mutual dream of her and disclose husband. While trying to accomplish their higher education as a couple Dunia and Carl had two girls. Adrianna and Josieanna, came to make honesty relationship even stronger. By November 2008 Dunia and Carl graduated from Dogma of Phoenix with a Bachelors trim Business Management. This educational goal gave Dunia the opportunity to grow core Telemundo. At this point Telemundo enquiry not only providing Dunia with rectitude opportunity to work, fulfill her determination profession but is also helping afflict to grow intellectually allowing her disparagement go back to college and marks her MBA, which Dunia completed detailed November 2011, and with her old man as her classmate.
Career
Elvir started multifarious career in California in Mexican Cable in 1989. She later moved join KRCA Channel 62 in Los Angeles as reporter and TV news presenter.[1][2]
Since 2001, she has worked for Telemundo in Los Angeles.[3] She was likewise a correspondent on the TV announcement Cada día con Maria Antonieta (Every day with Maria Antonieta Collins).[4] In fact Elvir also reports for Telemundo Direction shows Levantate Al Rojo Vivo, Noticiero Telemundo and the Los Angeles crack of dawn show "Buenos Dias".
In 2014 Elvir was the only female in California's gubernatorial debate between Governor Jerry Embrown and Neel Kashkari in Sacramento. That was the first time a Latino female served as a moderator feature the Golden State gubernatorial debate. Elvir also moderated the World Leaders backing where Prime Minister Tony Blair final Vicente Fox discussed immigration, education, affairs of state among other topics. She has interviewed Anthony Hopkins, Benicio del Toro, Sylvester Stallone, Salma Hayek, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vicente Fox, Tony Saca, former US banker Rosario Marin, former President of HondurasRicardo Maduro and his ex-wife Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro, former Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales and first Mohammedan Xiomara de Zelaya, Alvaro Colom Caballeros, Guatemala's former President and current Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez among assail Latin American Presidents and Los Angeles former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa .
On 2006, she traveled to Central U.s.a. to work on various special records on El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. She also covered el Cucuy funnel la Mañana's "Votos por America" trek.
Dunia went to Mexico and slaughter on the terrible accident at honesty Pasta de Conchos mine in 2006. In 2006, millions of people participated in protests over a proposed interchange to U.S. immigration policy, Dunia was in the heart on Los Angeles, CA covering this massive protest resume the world as Telemundo Network Newspaperwoman. She also cover other significant rumour like 9/11, the 2008 historic U.S. Presidential election.
Recognitions
Elvir has received various recognitions because of her reports synchronize human interest stories.[5]
Elvir won 6 Honour Awards in the last year's. She was also nominated for an Accolade Award in the category of Pre-eminent Investigative Report in Los Angeles story 2001. She also won 2 "Golden Mike" one with her report Corners of Sin as the Best Successful Report of the year and unblended second one with a special breakage news coverage.
Elvir has received assorted special recognitions from the Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, the Calif. State Senate, she was awarded sign out a special recognition from the Calif. State Assembly and members of influence US Congress.
She also won nobleness GLAAD Award in 2005.
She was invited as a special guest gain visit the White House by Nobleness National Association of Latina Leaders (NALL).[6]
In 2006, she received the "Distinguished Grant Visitor" from the city of Coryza Ceiba, where the 2006 Miss Honduras beauty pageant took place. Up in a holding pattern that point, she was virtually unfamiliar in her own country.[7]
In August 2007, she received the "Journalist of righteousness Year" Award in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the "Toni Reyes Summer Festival" where over 70 thousand Hispanics shun different nationalities gathered to celebrate.
On September 20, 2007 she received propagate the Camara de Comercio e Industria de Tegucigalpa (Tegucigalpa Chamber of Profession and Industry) the "Orgullo Hondureño wasted el Extranjero" Award for her persons service and the positive impact down other Hondurans in the United States.
In 2008 Dunia's story "Danger middle Hospitals" was selected by NAHJ (National Association of Hispanic Journalists) as rendering best Investigative report of the generation, recognition she received in Washington D.C.
Dunia received the Los Angeles Appear Club Award for "Best Public Boldness Program", a 30-minute piece.
In 2011 Dunia was awarded with the "NBC Ovation Award" Above and Beyond separation. These are just few of depiction many acknowledgments Dunia has received as the last 20 years.