Frances Rivera Biography

Frances Rivera (b. 1970) is a Filipino-American journalist and television news anchor. For ten years, until August 2011, she had been a television reporter and anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH. From 2011-2013, she was a morning news anchor for WPIX in New York City.

Early life and career

Rivera was born in the Philippines. When she was three years old, she and her family, including her two brothers Andre and Marc, moved from the Philippines to Austin, Texas. Sometime afterward, they moved and settled in Dallas. She was sent by her family to finish her studies in the Philippines which she did, receiving her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of the Philippines. After graduation she returned to the United States to work at CBS Morning News in New York City.

Rivera worked at CBS affiliate KWTV in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and NBC affiliate KFDX in Wichita Falls, Texas. She also worked off camera in New York City for CBS News' The Morning Show and covered the 1996 Presidential campaign. She was also a co-host and reporter for the PBS show Asian America.

Boston 2001-2011

In 2001, Rivera joined WHDH - TV in Boston and in 2006 was promoted to the news anchor chair.

Move to New York 2011

In July 2011 it was reported that due to personal and family reasons, Rivera would leave WHDH in August 2011 for a New York TV job. Her last broadcast in Boston was Thursday, August 18, 2011. She left to join the WPIX Pix11 Morning News in New York City and began broadcasting there on Sunday, August 28, 2011 At 6:14 covering Hurricane Irene.

On August 6th, 2013, Frances Rivera accepted a buyout from WPIX, and will leave the station at the end of the month. According to her Facebook page "Never been into on-air goodbyes, so for my last week at work, I insist on a no fuss, genuine one right here: Much love and goodbye for now!"

Personal life

In 2003, Frances married Stuart Fraass, a Boston mortgage broker, and in 2010 they had their first child, a daughter, named Tessa.

In Fall 2012, she gave birth to their second child, a son, Laz Conrad River.