Lourdes Duarte Biography
Lourdes Duarte is an American Anchor/Reporter working for WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois, United States as a co-anchor for Evening News at 4 pm. She joined the station in September 2007.
Lourdes Duarte Age / Birthday
Duarte was born in 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. She is 47 years old as old 2022. However, she manages to keep information regarding her dates of birth away from the limelight. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday.
Lourdes Duarte Height / Measurements
Duarte is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Lourdes Duarte Partner / Husband
Duarte is happily married to her loving husband Matt McGrath who is a press secretary of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The couple got engaged on February 2019.
Lourdes Duarte Kids / Children
Duarte is a proud mother to a beautiful daughter, Madeline McGrath who was born on August 2019.
Lourdes Duarte Family / Relatives
Duarte was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, to Cuban parents. While growing up she also lived in Puerto Rico and Florida. However, she manages to keep information regarding her parents away from the limelight. Additionally, she shares no information regarding whether she has any siblings or not. We will update this information once it’s available.
Lourdes Duarte Education
Duarte attended DePaul University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication after graduating from high school.
Lourdes Duarte Career
Duarte is a co-anchor for WGN Evening News at 4 pm. Before her current role on the evening news, she was a co-anchor for the stations Morning News and a reporter for News at Nine. She joined the station as a general assignment reporter for the WGN Midday News, WGN Evening News, and WGN News at Nine.
Before joining WGN-TV Lourdes worked for WJBK-TV, the Fox affiliate in Detroit, Michigan as a reporter and fill-in anchor for three years. Duarte also worked for two years at WXIN-TV in Indianapolis as a reporter. While in the station she launched and hosted the station’s public affairs program, “Hoy en Dia,” and anchored daily news cut-ins in Spanish for radio station WEDJ-FM.
Duarte also worked in Peoria at WHOI-TV and at Metro Networks in Miami, Florida for radio stations WLRN-FM and WTMI-FM as a reporter. Lourdes began her career in Chicago where she worked as a freelance reporter for Telemundo.
She is a four-time Emmy Award winner and also received an Emmy nomination for a story on deportation. Duarte also hosts “Adelante Chicago” on WGN. In the year 2009, she was picked as one of DePaul University’s 14 Under 40 and is on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the College of Communication.
Duarte works with WGN-TV News where she serves alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Dina Bair
- Robin Baumgarten
- Chris Boden
- Tahman Bradley
- Ben Bradley
- Ray Cortopassi
- Alyssa Donovan
- Demetrius Ivory
- Mike Janssen
- Lauren Jiggetts
Lourdes Duarte Salary
Duarte receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Lourdes Duarte Net Worth
Through Lourdes’s career as an anchor, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Lourdes Duarte Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Duarte is active on her social media accounts. She has about 51 K followers on her Facebook Page, about 18.1 K followers on her Twitter account, and around 21.2 K followers on her Instagram account.