TV personality Mariana Atencio is serving as a bilingual journalist for MSNBC and NBC News since September 2016. She covers both domestic and international news for the network. The Venezuelan native also gained notoriety as an author and motivational speaker.
Mariana fled from her country in 2008 as she had witnessed her native country's media outlets disappearing and shut down. So, she sailed on a journey to tell the stories that needed to be said, and she firmly believed that everyone has the right to share their story without censorship.
Married, Husband, Children
Mariana is in a lovely relationship with her better half Jose Antonio Torbay. Jose is the CEO and co-founder of The Grint. The serial entrepreneur who also enjoys surfing and playing golf is an immigrant from Venezuela.
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She got married to Jose on 25 October 2015. The pair tied a knot in a grand wedding ceremony at the Fairchild Botanical Garden in Miami.
Marina and her husband Jose on their wedding day (Source: peopleenespanol.com)
Even after four years of marriage, the couple is heading stronger over the period without any sign of depleting romantic sparks. The pair had traveled out for a week-long romantic getaway surfing through Miami, DC, and San Diego to New York.
Mariana and her husband Jose are undoubtedly cherishing every moment with the shared bond that gets stronger over some time. However, even after four years of marriage, they haven’t specified their plans for having children or starting a new page in their life venturing as parents.
Net Worth
Mariana has led a pretty successful career as a TV presenter and reporter. Before securing her position as a national Correspondent at the NBC network, she worked as Fusion Media Group as an anchor/correspondent for more than three years.
With her stint as a national correspondent, Mariana might be garnering the estimated average salary of around $109,793 annually. However, Mariana's net worth, as of now is yet to be reviewed.
The 35-year-old reporter has previously worked as a correspondent (2011-2013) and news anchor (2013-2016) at Univision Communication Inc. During her early career, she worked for V-Me Media Inc. and El Diario as anchor/reporter.
Also, she authored a book titled Perfectly You; where she shares her hardships, fears achievements, and lessons achievements with the hope of inspiring the readers on their life.
On the other hand, her husband Jose managed to join Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) after completing his bachelor's degree in production engineering from the Universidad Simon Bolivar. The tech entrepreneur is a developer of an application, The Grint App that democratizes the golf game, which was even featured by CNN in June 2016.
Wiki, Bio, & Family
Mariana was born on 2 April 1984 in Venezuela. She got her Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello in 2008. For further education, Mariana enrolled in a Master degree program at Columbia University- Graduate School of Journalism in 2008. She graduated with a master's degree in broadcast journalism from the university in 2009.
She was raised in Caracas. The journalist holds an American nationality and belongs to Latino ethnicity. She also has two siblings in the family, a sister Graciela Atencio and a brother. Her father passed away on 20 February 2018 after a long battle with pneumonia and undergoing lung surgeries.
Marina with her mother in June of 2018 (Photo: Facebook)
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On physical features, Marina has a height of 1.60 m (5 feet 3 inch) and weighs approximately around 63kg.
