Neyda Sandoval

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Neyda Sandoval or Neida Sandoval (born March 20, 1961 in Minas de Oro, Comayagua, Honduras). Journalist and TV News Presenter.

She enjoys horseriding since she grew up in her native Honduras. She is married to an American David Cochran, she has twins: Aliene Aída and Abener David.

She now lives in Miami.

[edit] Career

In 1970 Neida Sandoval started in Honduras as TV presenter, she is well known because of the Sunday TV program: Proyecciones Militares (Military Projections).

In 1987 she married an American citizen and moved to USA. In 1988 she started working as reporter and news presenter for KLUZ Channel 41 (affiliate of Univision) in Alburquerque, New Mexico.

Later Sandoval worked for KWEZ Channel 41 (affiliated of Univision) in San Antonio, Texas as reporter and news presenter.

In 1992 she was a correspondent for Noticiero Univisión (Univision News) and for the program Noticias y Más (News and more) (Today is known as Primer Impacto - First Impact). Neida reported on stories such as the Oklahoma City bombing, the Waco standoff, the death of singer Selena, the 1993 floods in Iowa and Missouri, etc. During her two-year tenure with Noticias y Más, she was nominated for an Emmy award for her contribution to a two-part series on the Catholic Church.

Since April 14, 1997 she is a news presenter of Univision morning show: Despierta America.

Sandoval is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ).

She won two Emmy awards in 1998 after reporting about the damage of Hurricane Mitch in her native country Honduras and the rest of Central America countries.

She is considered one of the 100 most influential hispanic journalists in the USA.

In 2003 she received a special condecoration from Honduras National Congress.[1]

[edit] Trivia

Neida calls her husband: "My 007 agent", because he always protects her, wherever she goes [2].
Neida Sandoval has been always a perennial special invitee to Honduras Telethon.