Natalie Morales is an award-winning television anchor and journalist. She is the first Latina host of The Talk, CBS’ Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show, and her reporting is featured across CBS News platforms, including 48 Hours, CBS Mornings, CBS Sunday Morning, and more.

Previously, Morales was the west coast anchor of NBC News’ Today, a correspondent for Dateline NBC, and anchor of Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales. She has contributed to major breaking news stories, including the sexual harassment scandals, the 2017 Las Vegas massacre, the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, and the rescue of the Chilean Miners in 2010. She also reported on the royal wedding in 2011 and the birth of Prince George in 2013.

Morales was born in Taiwan and spent much of the first 18 years of her life living overseas in Panama, Brazil, and Spain as an Air Force “brat.” She graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Latin American studies and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.