Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Ellen Leyva is an anchor and reporter for KABC-TV (ABC7 News), who is known for her connection to both the English-speaking & Spanish-speaking Latino communities of the USA.
Personal Life, Family and Interesting Facts :
- Ellen grew up alongside her sister Cindy in a lower-income Spanish family.
- Parents : Thomas “Tom” Kraemer Lundy (father, passed away in 2011) and Emma Leyva Duarte (mother, passed away in 2016). Ellen’s dad was a Math-Science teacher and a wrestling coach, who had also served in the army. Her mom was a housewife.
- To ensure that her parents had the opportunity to work – a large portion of Ellen’s childhood was spent in Mexico with her maternal grandmother.
- She has stated it was her time in Mexico that taught her to cook, and she loved it there.
- When not staying in Mexico, Ellen was raised in Tucson, Arizona.
- Raised as bilingual, she considers both English & Spanish as her native languages.
- She grew up loving animals from a young age, but was not allowed a pet due to her father’s allergies.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- In 1986, Ellen was able to graduate with honors from the Arizona State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism.
- Funnily enough, her college peers had voted her as “most likely to win an Emmy.”
Ellen Leyva Husband & Wedding :
- Ellen married Mark Hair in 1990, whom she met after interviewing him during her work in Arizona.
- At the time, Mark was an F-15 fighter pilot. Now, he has retired from service and works as a commercial airline pilot.
- Although she has stated that she is extremely proud of her husband’s decorated military career, she has said she is somewhat grateful that he is no longer serving, as she sees the world as being closer to war at this time.
- Ellen has said that Mark swept her off her feet instantly, and the two soon got hitched & went on to have two children together.
- Their first daughter Emma was born in 1996 & was followed by the younger Audrey in 1999. Emma is a graduate of University of California Santa Cruz.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Ellen’s first role out of university was working as an intern for a CBS affiliate station in Phoenix.
- Her work on the internship landed her a writing job with the network, and they eventually promoted her into a reporting role.
- From there Ellen moved to KOVR in Sacramento where she landed her first role as a news anchor.
- After staying in that role for just one year, she moved to Los Angeles, California, after accepting a news reporter roe with ABC7’s Eyewitness News.
- Ellen also worked as their health reporter for a number of years, before she was finally promoted to the role of lead morning anchor.
- As of 2025, she is still doing the morning show on weekends but is also responsible for the weeknight 4 PM & 6 PM newscast. In 2020, she also completed 25 years at the station.
- Well-liked by her colleagues, a peer has praised Ellen in a Linkedin review terming her as ‘Creative, Original, Innovative, Enthusiastic, Funny, Charismatic, and Gorgeous’.
Interests :
- Both of Ellen’s daughters are now grown up. With her husband often traveling for work, she adopted a rescue dog named Charli to keep her company.
- Charli reportedly brought her so much joy that she inspired her to champion the cause ‘Wags and Walks,’ who aim to find rescue dogs their forever homes.
Body Figure / Physical Info
Ellen Leyva Measurements :
- Eye Color : Brown
- Haircut / Hair Color : Black
- How tall is Ellen Leyva Height : 5′7″
- Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
- Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
Personal / Home / Contact Details
- Marital Status / Married? : Yes
- Children / No. of Kids : 2
- Ellen Leyva Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race : Hispanic (Latina)
- Nationality : American
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Ellen is very professional and likeable and I enjoy her watching her news report. She is very good looking too (not sure about her legs). She is very REAL and not fake like many other women reporters and that makes me very comfortable to watch her news cast. Wish you all the best Ellen in your life, career and with your family.
I have worked with Ellen for a number of years and am always at the “crack of dawn” doing the local KABC-TV morning news and events broadcast. She and I had to have “our coffee”. Unfortunately, I had some stuff brewing too and I can remember a number of peeking-around-the-corner scenarios I shared with her. She was and still is a dream for me. I love her as a friend just as much today if not more.
She is so professional, likeable as well as so pretty! Love to watch her and David Ono together on newscasts.
God, she’s beautiful.
All the gals at KABC are beautiful. With nice legs. BUT, Ellen’s legs are PERFECT.
Why doesn’t her bio mention she worked as an anchor at
KCOP 13 in Los Angeles in 1992-1994 alongside Ross Becker?
I worked in the news room at that time and Ellen was very present as well as being in the field during our live coverage of the Los Angeles Marathons.