Mireya Villarreal Age, Wikipedia Bio【 CBS 】Husband Married, Family

Personal Details Summary
Name	Mireya Villarreal
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	October 22, 1979. As of 2024, she is around 45 years old.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner	Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids	1
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	Hispanic (Latina)
Nationality	American
Where is Mireya Villarreal now?	In early 2022, Mireya Villarreal joined ABC network as a Dallas-based correspondent. Prior to this, she had held the position of West Coast Correspondent at CBS News (2015-2021).

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Mireya Marissa Villarreal is a national news correspondent with ABC News. Prior to ABC, from July 2015 to December 2021, Mireya was a correspondent for CBS.
Fluent in English and Spanish, this beautiful journalist is an award-winning recipient for her numerous investigative pieces on topics affecting society. From gut-wrenching coverage of fertilizer plant explosions to college shootings to wildfires, Mireya has done it all. She describes herself as a mother, a runner, a spin addict, a hip-hop connoisseur, and a Ravens fan.

Villarreal doesn’t compromise with ethics while doing her duty. She says that the reason for her commitment is that she is answerable to the viewer who sits at home, dependent on her. She is acknowledged as a rare Hispanic woman in the field of media. Mireya herself claims that she had to grow a thick skin to tackle her critics.
Villarreal has spent a major part of her broadcasting career in her home state of Texas, but has visited and covered 15+ states for her work. Her early hildhood memories include finding the news boring, but she is now a prominent figure in the news industry!

Profession, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

In 2004, Mireya began her career as a weekend sports anchor and reporter at KGNS situated in Laredo.
Later, in the year 2008 with WOAI-TV working as an investigative reporter.
She moved on to the role of an investigative reporter with CBS 11-KTVT and was instrumental in many reforms in the sectors she reported on. She claims that she acted as the voice for those who couldn’t do anything.

She was a national news correspondent with CBS News from 2015 to 2021 and worked for various shows like the CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, and CBSN. Moreover, she covered stories in at least 13 states.
Mireya’s most recent role began in December 2021 when she joined ABC News. She serves as a National News Correspondent at ABC News, based in the Fort Worth, Texas.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Mireya graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) in 2001. She has completed her Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) specializing in Marketing.

Family :

Mireya was born and brought up as a native of the Texas Rio Grande Valley. According to the IMDB website, Mireya is married to Matthew Reed Gideon since December 28th, 2007. The couple has one child from the marriage. The proud parents have named their son Maeson Gideon.

In October 2019, Villarreal shared her personal struggles, revealing that she had experienced three miscarriages. She even experienced one in July 2017 while reporting on wildfires near Yosemite National Park in California. Mireya has opened up about the emotional challenges she faced during these difficult times, grappling with feelings of guilt and the need for self-forgiveness.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

Mireya had three miscarriages while traveling and covering stories. Her first miscarriage was while she was covering the massive wildfires in Northern California in 2017.

She won the Emmy Awards for her reports on excessive spending by DFW International Airport executives. Her reporting highlighted the massive corruption in the system.
Her expose allowed Texas school district employees to resign after wrongdoing and exposing a real estate scam that targeted San Antonio homebuyers, which eventually sparked legal investigations into two local companies.
Mireya also received two Texas Associated Press awards for stories on such diverse topics as immigration and child safety.

Her industry-related skills include news writing, journalism, and media relations, among others.
Mireya wrote an essay about her miscarriages while reporting on air. Her heartfelt account of her pain with the miscarriage received wide attention. She also narrates how she got her son after visiting a fertility doctor and four years of trying with her husband.

Body Figure / Physical Info

Mireya Villarreal Measurements :

Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
Weight Loss : A few Google queries regarding this, but we couldn’t find anything conclusive on any of her social media.

6 thoughts on “Mireya Villarreal Age, Wikipedia Bio【 CBS 】Husband Married, Family”

David Lewis Jun 7, 2021 at 11:23 pm


Does Mirea know Dario Villareal???
1. A.F. Sep 15, 2022 at 1:17 am
  
  
  Yes you are missed, just couldn’t find any info for a while! Use to seeing you on CBS national news. We may have a lot of Cali people in Texas now, but we don’t get Cali news stations. Ha! Glad you are doing well!
Robert Mastroianni Feb 6, 2021 at 5:22 am


Seems like you are a nobody.
Mariya Virreal Sep 10, 2020 at 8:48 pm


Nobody cares…As anyone can see.