Miguel Marquez

Miguel Marquez is a CNN national correspondent based in New York. Prior to CNN Marquez worked for ABC News in London and Los Angeles. is initial start with CNN was in April 2003, as anchor for CNN Headline News based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta. Marquez moved to Los Angeles to take up reporting duties for CNN in June 2003 where he covered everything from wildfires to the first Michael Jackson trial for CNN. Before joining CNN, Marquez was a desk assistant at CBS News. His first reporting job was at WNBC in New York where he covered the daily events of the city. He moved to KSAZ in Phoenix, AZ where for three years he was a general assignment reporter. Prior to pursuing a career in broadcast journalism, Marquez served as a legislative assistant to then US Representative Bill Richardson. Notably, while traveling to Pyongyang, North Korea as part of a congressional delegation, two US helicopter pilots were shot down north of the de-militarized zone and Marquez assisted in negotiations for their release. Marquez's first job was as a researcher for the Congressional Research Service in Washington, D.C. Marquez has a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University, a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of New Mexico and an Associate of Arts degree from New Mexico Military Institute. Marquez was born in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.