Re: Natalie Morales (Host | Reporter)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Morales_(journalist)
https://www.today.com/news/natalie-morales-news-anchor-co-anchor-todays-third-hour-6C10109860
Natalie Morales-Rhodes[1] (born Natalie Leticia Morales; June 6, 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.[2]
Born Natalie Leticia Morales
June 6, 1972 (age 46)
Taipei, Taiwan
Residence Brentwood, California, U.S.
Alma mater Rutgers University
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 (2016–2019)
Spouse(s) Joseph Rhodes (m. 1998)
Children 2
Early life
Morales was born in Taiwan, to a Brazilian mother, Penelope, and a Puerto Rican father, Lieutenant Colonel Mario Morales, Jr.[3] 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.[4][5]
Morales holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University with dual majors in journalism and Latin American studies.[6] She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude.[7]
Personal life
Morales married Joseph Rhodes on 22 August 1998.[7] In 2002 they purchased a $1 million USD turn-of-the-century townhouse in Hoboken, New Jersey, and expanded it in 2008 to 3,600 square feet. In June 2016, after Morales was made the Today show's West Coast anchor, the family put the Hoboken townhouse on sale, and moved into a house in Brentwood, California the following month. By October, the townhouse had sold for $3.1 million USD.[12]
In early 2004, Morales' son Josh was born via C-section at Hoboken's St. Mary Hospital.[13] Their second son, Luke Hudson, was born in late 2008.[14]
Morales is an avid runner, having competed in five marathons, including three New York City Marathons. Morales also participates in triathlons.[15] She has been featured in a full-length article and on the cover of the October 2010 issue of Triathlete Magazine.[16]