Olga Villaverde Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in Science and a minor in Communications
• Once traveled to Cuba for WSVN Channel 7, where she learned that her family was forced out of Cuba after Fidel Castro took power in 1959
• Started out as a reporter for WSVN Channel 7 in Miami, where she covered stories on Hurricane Andrew and in Cuba
• Best known as the co-host of Lifetime's "The Balancing Act․"
• Changed careers after having her first child and became a medical representative for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 2003
• Worked as a morning news anchor at Fox 10 in Phoenix, at KPRC NBC 2 in Houston, and at WPLG ABC 10 in Miami
• Is a specialist in women's health care, including topics like breast cancer, hormone therapy, menopause and hysterectomies