Pilar Pedraza Biography
Pilar Pedraza is an American journalist working for KAKE as an anchor and senior political reporter since joining the station in September 2018. Previously, she worked for KPTS as the host of Kansas Week for 7 years.
Pilar Pedraza Education
Pedraza joined Iowa State University’s Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication after finishing her high school education. In 1996, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Spanish. She joined Pittsburg State University to further her studies, receiving her Master of Arts degree in History with an emphasis in 20th century Politics.
Pilar Pedraza Career
Pedraza works for KAKE as an anchor and senior political reporter. In this role, she leads the Sunday evening team and anchors the Sunday evening shows. Also, she works as the lead special projects reporter, the station’s primary evening fill-in anchor, and directs the station’s political coverage, from local to national.
Pedraza regards journalism as a public service, delivering crucial information viewers need to lead their best lives. She got into political reporting early on, partly for this reason, and laid her political reporting foundation at the First in the Nation Caucuses in Iowa in the 90s. She has received several awards for her election coverage in Des Moines. Moreover, she has spent much of the last decade broadcasting the latest developments in Kansas politics.
Besides elections, Pedraza has broadcast everything, including the birth of the McCaughey Septuplets, the Oklahoma City Bombing, the Capture of BTK, g, the OJ Simpson Civil Trial, and the Flight Safety Crash at Eisenhower Airport.
Pedraza has worked in broadcast news for over 2 decades, doing just about every job there is in TV news. To date, she has enjoyed reporting and anchoring, particularly politics and breaking news. She grew up in newspaper newsrooms in Michigan and Oklahoma, as her mother was also a journalist. Also, she learned how to work with her local community.
Fluent in multiple languages, Pedraza took a few years off from journalism to teach high school Spanish and Journalism in the Wichita region in the early 2000s. She’s certified in Kansas to teach Spanish, Journalism, History, and Government. In addition, she has seven years of experience as a classroom instructor.
Pilar Pedraza Age
Pedraza 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. However, she might be in her 40s.
Pilar Pedraza Height
Pedraza stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches.
Pilar Pedraza Family
Pedraza’s mother worked as a reporter, editor, and columnist in newspapers in Michigan and Oklahoma. Even so, she has not disclosed more information about her parents, especially her father. It is also not known if Pedraza has any siblings.
Pilar Pedraza Husband
Pedraza got married in May 1998. On May 30, 2020, she shared their wedding photo on her Instagram account and captioned “Twenty-two years and counting with the God’s gift to me, the first person I’d pick to be quarantined with, the love of my life. Happy anniversary, mein Schatz!” The couple has a son. If she has free time, she enjoys hanging out with her husband and their son. Her son recently graduated from Maize High School. Also, she loves to read, travel, quilt, cross stitch, and pet her dog and three cats.
Pilar Pedraza Net Worth
Pedraza has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million, which she has earned through being a journalist.
Pilar Pedraza Salary
Pedraza earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Pilar Pedraza KAKE
Pedraza is working at KAKE where she works alongside other famous anchors and reporters, including;
- Frank Waugh
- Cameron Venable
- Colton Williams
- Micaela Dea
- Kate Devine
- Chris Earl
- Johan Marin
- Deb Farris
- Jack Cooper
- Jay Prater