Won an AWRT Gracie Award for Individual Achievement as Best TV Correspondent in 2009
Was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in Media from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors and the Crossing Borders Award from the Feminist Press
Has won several journalism awards, including four Emmy Awards, a John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2012, and a Robert F․ Kennedy Award for Reporting on the Disadvantaged
Was named one of Huffington Post's Top 25 Latinos in Contemporary American Culture in 2012
Graduated from Barnard College and has received honorary degrees from DePaul University and Simmons College
Started out as a radio announcer for Walter Cronkite and Charles Osgood at CBS News and hosted the public-affairs talk show "Visiones" on WNBC-TV
Is the author of a memoir on motherhood called "Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son․"
Best known as the anchor and executive producer of "Latino USA," as anchor of "Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One," and as senior correspondent on "NOW․"
Launched The Futuro Media Group in 2010 to focus on stories that are overlooked and under reported in traditional media
Has appeared as an actress in several Spanish TV series, including "Barbara" and "La zulianita․"