Dunia Elvir is the News Anchor for Telemundo 52’s weekday evening newscasts Noticiero Telemundo 52 a las 6PM y 11PM. Telemundo 52 is Telemundo’s West Coast Flagship television station, delivering nearly 30 hours of local news and programming to audiences in Southern California each week, including breaking news coverage, up-to-the-minute weather forecasts, and entertainment.

Elvir is an Award-winning journalist with more than two decades of a successful career in journalism. She began her journalistic career in 1990 at Telemundo 52 Los Angeles, she joined Telemundo Network in 2002 and returned to KVEA in 2008 where she served as a News Reporter and Anchor. In 2010, she was named Anchor for the station’s morning newscast, a position she held for six years until she was named Co-Anchor for Noticiero Telemundo 52 a las 5 PM in 2016. In 2018, she was named Anchor for the debut newscast Noticiero Telemundo 52 al Mediodia.

Her storytelling has earned her prestigious awards, including three Golden Mikes from the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California, 13 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, and a GLAAD Media Award, among others. In 2004, she was named one of the 13 most outstanding Latinas in the United States by the National Association of Latina Leaders (NALL).

Some of her most notable interviews include UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and more than five presidents from various Latin American countries. In 2014, Elvir was the first and only Latina to serve as a moderator in California's gubernatorial debate between Governor Jerry Brown and Neel Kashkari in Sacramento.

Elvir has contributed to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History initiative “Escuchame: The History of Spanish-language Broadcasting in the U.S.” by donating a pair of painted tennis shoes illustrating personal and career highlights.

In 2023, Elvir was one of seven Latina journalists featured in “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News,” a bilingual exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History showcasing the work of Latina journalists and how they wrote the first draft of history for major U.S. events for the Spanish-language communities they report on and for.

Elvir serves as a volunteer teacher for InsideOUT Writers, an organization whose mission is to reduce the juvenile recidivism rate of formerly incarcerated youth and young adults, she is a Girl Scout Troop Leader and serves as the station’s ambassador for March of Dimes’ “March for Babies Walk.”

She is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS PSW), Radio and Television News Association (RTNA) and the Los Angeles Press Club.

Elvir earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Management and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix. Elvir also completed a journalism fellowship with the University of Southern California (USC).

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USA Competitive Boxing Trainer and Cognitive Behavioral Therapist Nita L. Watson believes in the healing power of the fight. After falling in love with boxing in 2016, she decided to open a new kind of gym where athletes would have world class coaching in both the physical aspect of the sport as well as mental health awareness and strategies for life-long success. With her M.A. in Counseling Psychology and her certification through the U. S. A. Boxing Association, she opened The Self Care Lab in 2017 in Pomona, California, where athletes fought their battles with grace and courage. 

Nita uses the rigorous training of boxing to empower athletes of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to be agents of their own healing. Her visionary training has been sought out by educators, pastors, and corporate executives, as well as LAPD Officers, developmentally delayed adults, survivors of domestic violence, and children sentenced to community service. Having conquered trauma of her own, Nita knows that to be truly healed is to go back and get someone else. She is whole and healed, but raw and real, too. She is an eclectic therapist, a fearless boxing trainer, and a transformative leader in the community. 

In her career, Nita has advocated for youth programming and community enrichment in Pomona and surrounding cities, in efforts to provide trauma informed care for youth and vulnerable adults over the last 20 years. Nita has held various roles over her long career including non profit organizational board member, therapeutic behavioral services supervisor, therapist, marriage counseling associate, boxing coach and adjunct professor. She has a passion for supporting fostered probation youth and has extensive experience creating and coordinating treatment plans for both young age boys and girls.

Her name is Nita, and she does miracles.

Amanda Aguilar is a passionate Self-Love and Empowerment Coach, dedicated to helping young girls and women break free from societal pressures and step into their truest, most powerful selves. With an unwavering mission to inspire authenticity, Amanda guides her clients to embrace their unique journeys and create lives full of meaning and confidence.

As the host of the popular podcast “Embrace Her Evolution,” Amanda sparks raw, unfiltered conversations about life’s struggles, helping listeners transform challenges into powerful opportunities for growth. Her voice serves as a beacon of inspiration for women ready to rewrite their own stories.

Amanda’s empowering message has resonated on the stages of women empowerment conferences, student leadership events, and numerous podcasts. In 2018, Amanda took the stage as a TEDx speaker, where she shared the importance of stepping outside your comfort zone. Her talk highlighted how true growth happens when we embrace discomfort and push beyond our limits.

After a successful decade in journalism, which included winning an Emmy Award for her work, Amanda made the bold decision to step away from the news industry and follow her true calling—helping others embrace their authentic selves and live with purpose and confidence.