De La Torre was born on 10 January 1978 in Cali . She is the daughter of Alejandro de la Torre and Gloria Sanclemente . De La Torre studied social communication with emphasis in journalism at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá with expertise in Latin American Studies at Georgetown University in Washington D.C . She began her career at CNN en Español which was reporting the September 11 attacks , and later became a reporter for programadora CM &
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Vanessa de la Torre