Cecilia Alvear was born on November 5, 1939, in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador and died on April 21, 2017.

She was a Latina journalist in television news and the former President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

She was a Field Producer with NBC Network News in Burbank, California.

She died of breast cancer.

Cecilia Alvear passed away at 77 years old.