Cabrera was raised in a Mexican-American family in Denver , Colorado and then graduated from Washington State University . After school , she worked for NBC affiliate KHQ-TV in Spokane , Washington . She then returned to her hometown to work as the morning news anchor at KMGH-TV Channel 7 News in Denver where she earned an Emmy Award for her in-the-field reporting as part of a news team covering the High Park fire in 2012 . The morning team was also awarded the Associated Press TV and Radio Association ’s Annual Mark Twain Award for Best Morning Show Broadcast in 2013 . In 2013 , Cabrera joined CNN as a correspondent in Denver and then served on the CNN Investigative team . In March 2017 , she was named anchor of CNN 's weekend prime time new program , CNN Newsroom , succeeding Poppy Harlow
High Park fire
High Park fire
Ana Cabrera