Ana María Canseco

Rocío Ana Maria Canseco (born September 5, 1967) is a Mexican television personality living in the United States. Canseco is the co-host of the Univision morning talk show, Despierta América. In September 2013, Canseco was a co-host of the Telemundo morning show Un Nuevo Día, until her last day on April 6, 2018. As of Valentine’s Day of 2020, she returned as a co-host of the Despierta América.

Career Rocío Ana María Canseco began her career as a television reporter/anchor in Texas and debuted as an actress in the telenovela, Mundo de Juguete, in an uncredited role.

In 1997, Canseco became one of the original co-hosts of Despierta América in 1997. This was her first visit to the White House.

On December 13, 2005, Canseco and Raúl De Molina announced the nominations for the upcoming 2006 Premio Lo Nuestro awards show. Canseco said that the 2005 program was seen by more than nine million people and one of Univision's highest ranked specials.

On October 21, 2010, she ceased to work on Despierta America, after 13 years of being a host on the show.

On Monday, September 9, 2013 she joined the cast of Telemundo's morning show Un Nuevo Día in Miami, Florida.

On Friday, March 27, 2018, she announced her departure on Un Nuevo Día, after 5 years of being a host on the show. Her last day was on Friday, April 6, 2018.

On Valentine’s Day of 2020, she returned to become a co-host of Univision’s morning show, Despierta América. She’s currently co-hosting.

Advocacy In 2006, Fernando Arau, Raúl González and Canseco were part of a Got Milk? campaign More than 33 percent suffer from this affliction and Canseco wore a milk mustache to promote a healthier lifestyle by "milking it up" in the morning.

In 2009, Canseco was the Master of Ceremonies for MALDEF's 25th Annual San Antonio Awards Gala which honored "community champions".

Charitable work Canseco lived with her grandmother in Mexico City and remembered the best gift her uncle Chacho sent from California each year at Christmas time as a Western Union MoneyGram. As a child, she did not realize that her uncle sent monthly support payments but knew then that Christmas money order meant a getting a gift like a doll for her.

On January 23, 2010, Canseco was amongst more than 50 Univision personalities who solicited live donations for the "Unidos Por Haití"(United for Haiti) The live show aired during Sábado Gigante. She wore a white and bronze Nicole Miller gown.

In 2009, Canseco modeled a Gustavo Cadile dress on People en Españols "Los 50 Más Bellos 2009" in Spanish, or "The 50 Prettiest People in 2009", red carpet. Giselle Blondet, her former Despierta América castmate, wore vintage Michelle Nazar.

Awards At the fourth annual "Women of Hope/Mujeres de la Esperanza" María Elena Salinas, a Univision newscaster who Canseco has worked with, also won this same award. She won this award again in 2009 and posed dressed as Greta Garbo.

Personal life Canseco was born in Mexico City. As of 2005, Canseco lives in Miami, Florida. She gets up at 4:30 a.m. every morning and goes to bed early because of her Un Nuevo Día duties. Canseco speaks Spanish and English. At the age of 12 she found out that the person she thought was her sister was actually her birth mother. In 2004, she became a U.S. citizen