Thelma Gutierrez is a CNN correspondent based in Los Angeles. Since she joined the network in 2001, Gutierrez has traveled to Kuwait and Mexico on assignment. She has reported on numerous issues including human trafficking, immigration and on the trials and tribulations facing those currently serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Previously, Gutierrez was a special assignment correspondent at CBS Los Angeles affiliate, KCBS-TV. She reported on medical issues and served as a contributor to the award-winning, weekly investigative newsmagazine, 30 Minutes of Special Assignment.
Before joining KCBS-TV, Gutierrrez reported for NBC-owned KCNC in Denver and for the ABC affiliate in Sacramento, Calif. Gutierrez began her career in Tucson, Ariz., where she co-hosted a bilingual, weekly PBS newsmagazine and covered U.S.-Mexico border issues.
Gutierrez has received numerous awards and nominations for her work including a national American Women in Radio and two Gracie Awards for an investigation of child prostitution in Central America; eight Associated Press awards for serious feature reporting; a Los Angeles Press Club Award; an American Heart Association honor for medical reporting; two Golden Mikes for writing and serious feature reporting; a California Society of Professional Journalists Award for a documentary on immigration; an Edward R. Murrow Award for feature reporting and six Emmy nominations. In 1997, KLVE Spanish Radio in Los Angeles recognized Gutierrez with a Woman of the Year award.
Gutierrez earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona.
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