Soledad O'Brien

Soledad O'Brien is an award-winning journalist, documentarian and CEO of Soledad O'Brien Productions, a production company dedicated to telling empowering and authentic stories. She anchors and produces the political magazine program Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien.

A former CNN anchor, she created the documentary series Black in America and Latino in America, and has reported from the sites of major disasters and social movements. She is the recipient of Emmy and Peabody honors and a Gracie Award, and she and her husband run the PowHERful Foundation, which sends young women to and through college.