Isa Soares Biography

Isa Soares is an award-winning correspondent and anchor working at CNN. She has been working at the network since joining in 2015. 

Isa Soares Career

Soares serves as an international correspondent and anchor based in CNN’s London bureau. She is on air every weeknight at 2 pm ET (7 pm London). She has also managed t enclose several stories ever since she joined the network. Some of the stories include the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela which landed her an Emmy Award. She was also awarded for enclosing President Maduro’s gold mining in Venezuela. In addition to that, she also enclosed the abhorrent conditions that were in Venezuela’s public hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Soares also went to Brazil and reported on Yanomami indigenous tribe and did an exclusive report from the Amazon. In addition to that, she also enclosed President Jair Bolsonaro’s changing political landscape in Brazil. She was also among the first to enclose the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and reported live from Puerto Rico as well as the USA Virgin Islands.

Moreover, she also enclosed from Europe, French, and the UK general elections, the terror attack in Nice, Portugal’s EURO 2016 win against France, the Greek economic crisis, and Brexit developments. In addition to that, she also reported on the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, for which she won an AIB award, filed an extensive report looking at Macedonia’s role in the production of fake news, and the terror attack in Barcelona.

Notable Interviews

Soares has also managed to interview well-known personalities, economic, and political figures including Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Former U.S. Defense Secretary/Former CIA director Leon Panetta, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, Mexico’s Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda, Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Qatari Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Al-Khater, and Vice-President of the European Commission Antonio Tajani.

She also interviewed tennis legend Rafael Nadal, football legend Pele, and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault. Soares went to King’s College London where she attained her Bachelor’s degree in Hispanic and Lusophone studies. She, later on, joined the University of Bristol where she earned her Master’s degree in International Relations and Economics. Whenever she is not working, she enjoys spending her free time with her family and friends.

Isa Soares Age

Soares was born in Lisbon, Portugal. She likes to keep her personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month she was born. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday.

Isa Soares Height

Soares stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches.

Isa Soares Family

Soares has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known if Soares has any siblings.

Isa Soares Husband

Soares is a married woman. She is married to Danny, the couple has two children; Tomas Danny and Nicolas Danny.

Isa Soares Net Worth

Soares has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being an international correspondent.

Isa Soares Salary

Soares earns an annual salary ranging from $40,000 – $ 110,500.

Isa Soares CNN

Soares works at CNN where she works alongside other famous CNN anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;

1. Roland Martin
2. Sara Sidner
3. Erin Mclaughlin
4. Alex Marquardt
5. Jean Casarez
6. Kirsten Powers
7. Midwin Charles
8. Anderson Cooper
9. Ryan Browne
10. Pamela Brown
11. Gloria Borger

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