Carmen Dominicci Net Worth

What is Carmen Dominicci's Net Worth and Salary?

Carmen Dominicci is a Puerto Rican travel blogger, journalist, and former television news anchor who has a net worth of $10 million. Carmen Dominicci rose to fame in the 1990s working for the television stations TeleOnce, WAPA-TV, and Telemundo. She later worked for Univision before returning to Telemundo, and in 2015 she began writing a popular travel blog.

Early Life and Education

Carmen Dominicci was born on July 15, 1966 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. For her higher education, she went to Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Santurce, from which she graduated magna cum laude.

Career Beginnings

Dominicci began her career appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s. She also represented Puerto Rico in different beauty pageants and international modeling competitions. In the 1990s, Dominicci became well-known in Puerto Rico as a news reporter on the television station TeleOnce. She later hosted the primetime newscast on WAPA-TV in San Juan.

Telemundo and Univision

In 1998, Dominicci signed a contract with Telemundo 47, New York as a news anchor. During her four years in that role, she covered such major national events as Bill Clinton's impeachment trial and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Dominicci then joined Univision in 2002, hosting the "Primer Impacto" program. On the program, she covered the death of Pope John Paul II and hosted an investigative series focused on a deadly landslide. In 2005, Dominicci began co-hosting the news program "TeleFutura en Vivo y en Directo" with Rolando Nichols. The next year, she began serving as a correspondent on the newsmagazine program "Aquí y Ahora," where she remained until 2009. During her time on that show, in 2007, Dominicci hosted the Galavision journalistic talent contest "Misión Reportar."

In 2009, Dominicci returned to Telemundo and became one of the main personalities of its news team. She went on to cover the Haiti earthquake and the Chile earthquake and tsunami, both in 2010. The year after that, Dominicci became a co-host and correspondent on the news program "Al Rojo Vivo" and joined the special investigative team at Noticias Telemundo. She earned particular notice for her work on the special "Muriendo por Cruzar," about immigration at the Mexican-American border around the town of Falfurrias, Texas. The special aired on both Telemundo and the Weather Channel, and earned Dominicci an Emmy Award for Excellence in Investigative Journalism in Spanish and a George Polk Award in Journalism.

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Travel Blogging

In late 2015, after having left Telemundo, Dominicci began her own travel blog called Carmen Dominicci Trotamundos. Her slogan is "Travel the world through my eyes." On her blog, Dominicci chronicles her travels in both popular and lesser-known destinations, and provides tips for saving money and maximizing the travel experience.

Personal Life

Dominicci married her first husband, Puerto Rican actor Osvaldo Ríos, in 1989. They had a son named Giuliano before divorcing in 1993. Dominicci wed her second husband, her journalistic colleague Fernando del Rincón, in 2007; they divorced the following year.

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