Isabel Bucaram

{{Short description|Ecuadorian businesswoman}}

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Isabel María Bucaram Layana, better known as Isabel Bucaram, is the director of VIP planning production, public relations and marketing liaison for CNN en Español.{{Cite web|date=2016-02-25|title=Isabel Bucaram, La ecuatoriana detrás de tanto |trans-title=Isabel Bucaram, the Ecuadorian behind so much |url=https://cosas.com.ec/cosasold/isabel-bucaram-la-ecuatoriana-detras-de-tanto/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=Revista Cosas Ecuador |language=es}}{{Cite web|author=Ben-Yehuda, A. |title=Ready for your Closeup?|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EX4yD1pJCxUC&q=bucaram&pg=RA3-PA26|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=2009-10-03 |language=en|page=26}}{{Cite web|date=2017-04-25|title=Daniela Cepeda Matamoros se proclama como la nueva Miss Ecuador 2017 |trans-title=Daniela Cepeda Matamoros is named new Miss Ecuador 2017 |url=https://cosas.com.ec/cosasold/12045-2/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=Revista Cosas Ecuador|language=es}} (Isabel Bucaram was one of the judges who chose Miss Ecuador 2017.){{Cite web|date=2013-12-05|title=Isabel Bucaram, En las grandes ligas |trans-title=Isabel Bucaram, in the big leagues |url=https://cosas.com.ec/cosasold/isabel-bucaram-en-las-grandes-ligas/|access-date=2021-10-10|website=Revista Cosas Ecuador|language=es}}{{Cite book|last=López Morales|first=Humberto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TD_3YCJ1mOwC&q=%22Isabel+Bucaram%22|title=Enciclopedia del español en los Estados Unidos|date=2009|publisher=Instituto Cervantes|isbn=978-84-934772-1-9|edition=1st|location=Madrid|page=504|language=es}}{{Cite web|title=La 'Chibi' Bucaram en la CNN en Español |url=http://www.larevista.ec/actualidad/show/la-chibi-bucaram-en-la-cnn-en-espanol|access-date=2021-10-10|magazine=La Revista|language=es}}{{Cite web|title=Isabel Bucaram la ecuatoriana que brilla en CNNE |trans-title=Isabel Bucaram, the Ecuadorian who shines on CNNE |url=https://eldeber.com.bo/extra/isabel-bucaram-la-ecuatoriana-que-brilla-en-cnne_92856|access-date=2021-10-10|newspaper=El Deber |location=Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |language=es}}

In 2019, Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami, proclaimed the day of October 10, 2019, as "The Day of Isabel Bucaram in the City of Miami".{{Cite web|date=2019-10-23|title=Labor de la ecuatoriana Isabel Bucaram, reconocida en Miami |trans-title=Work of the Ecuadorian Isabel Bucaram, recognized in Miami |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/entretenimiento/2019/10/23/nota/7571129/labor-ecuatoriana-reconocida-miami|access-date=2021-10-10|website=El Universo|language=es}}{{Cite web|title=BUCARAM : 'El éxito es efímero, los buenos resultados constantes' |trans-title=BUCARAM: 'Success is ephemeral, good results are constant'|date=13 January 2015 |url=https://www.negociosmagazine.com/bucaram-el-exito-es-efimero-los-buenos-resultados-constantes/ |access-date=2021-10-10|language=es}} In 2022, Bucaram was named as one of The 100 Women to KNOW Across America, By The KNOW Women.{{Cite web|title=KNOW Women Announces 2022 100 Women to KNOW Across America |trans-title=KNOW Women Announces 2022 100 Women to KNOW Across America|date=May 12, 2022 |url=https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/572203723/know-women-announces-2022-100-women-to-know-across-america|access-date=2022-06-24|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Una ecuatoriana integra la lista de las 100 mujeres 'para conocer' en Estados Unidos |trans-title=An Ecuadorian woman is included in the list of the 100 women 'to know' in the United States|date=June 23, 2022 |url=https://www.forbes.com.ec/liderazgo/una-ecuatoriana-integra-lista-100-mujeres-para-conocer-estados-unidos-n17731|access-date=2022-06-24|language=es}}

Biography

Bucaram was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She moved to the United States in 1997. Bucaram graduated from the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil with a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in investigative journalism from Florida International University.{{Cite web|title=Guayaquileña ilustre|date=18 December 2011 |url=https://socialmediaweek.org/conference/smw_speaker/isabel-bucaram/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=socialmediaweek.org}} She joined CNN en Español as the director of public relations in 2010. Prior to CNN, Bucaram served as the Marketing and Communications Director for the Spanish Broadcasting System.{{Cite web|title=La 'Chibi' Bucaram en la CNN en Español|url=http://www.larevista.ec/actualidad/show/la-chibi-bucaram-en-la-cnn-en-espanol|access-date=2021-10-10|language=es}} In 2011, she was awarded a proclamation by the Municipality of Guayaquil for her contributions.{{Cite web|title=Guayaquileña ilustre|date=18 December 2011 |url=https://lahora.com.ec/noticia/1101253338/guayaquilea-ilustre|access-date=2021-10-24|website=lahora.com.ec}} In 2016, she received an award in the US for covering the 2016 Ecuador earthquake. Bucaram was also a member of the CNN team that received Peabody Award for coverage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 and the Arab Spring in 2011. Bucaram was a part of the CNN en Español team that won an Emmy award for the Interview in Spanish with “Gerardo Gaya: Padre coraje a la Mexicana”.{{Cite web|title=News 42nd news programming winners|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/news-42nd-news-programming-winners.pdf|access-date=2021-11-09|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=CNN Nominated For Network-Record 44 News And Documentary Emmy Awards|url=https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2021/07/27/cnn-nominated-for-network-record-44-news-and-documentary-awards/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727184028/https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2021/07/27/cnn-nominated-for-network-record-44-news-and-documentary-awards/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2021|access-date=2021-11-09|language=en}}{{Cite web|title= CNN Tops 2021 News Emmys Tally, While PBS' 'Frontline' Leads All Programs (Full Winners List) |date=29 September 2021|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/awards/news-documentary-emmys-2021-cnn-pbs-frontline-vice-cbs-1235076745/|access-date=2021-11-09|language=en}}

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