Denisse Oller

Who is Denisse Oller?

Denisse Oller is a chef, broadcaster, journalist, newspaper columnist, and a former Emmy award winning and acclaimed national news anchor for Univision Network and Telemundo Network.

Born and raised in Puerto Rico and New York, Oller graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus with a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and a minor in French before attending Hunter College where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies and a minor in Interpersonal Communications.

Oller joined Univision in 1986, serving as a national reporter based in Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, before becoming the main anchor of the network’s nationally broadcast weekend edition. She won an Emmy award in 1992 for her coverage of the Gulf War’s heroes arriving home.

In addition to her experience as a news anchor, Oller has interviewed many world leaders including former US Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias Sanchez. She has also interviewed prominent artists and writers such as Isabel Allende and Mario Vargas Llosa.