Univision’s Dennise Oller to receive the 2007 HOLA Achievement in Media award at the Eighth Annual HOLA Awards and Benefit on September 24, 2007 The Players 16 Gramercy Park South New York City Tapas reception at 6:30PM.

One of the most honored women in Spanish-language television is Denisse Oller, Univision's Noticias 41 News Anchor. Oller has been recognized by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Hispanic Personalities in the United States. Ms. Oller, a native of Puerto Rico, began her journalism career in the mid 1980's as a reporter for Telemundo's local New York station, WNJU-Channel 47. She later joined Univision as anchor of the network's first national weekend newscast and as the network's news bureau chief in Los Angeles. This position marked history for Denisse, becoming the first Puerto Rican to anchor a national news show. Her return to New York came in 1989 as anchor for Noticias 41 Univision, a post she held until 1993. Later that year, Oller anchored Telemundo's "Primera Hora," its national morning newscast, advanced to become the network's special political affairs correspondent from Washington D.C., and was later promoted to anchor "CBS Telenoticias". Since 1999, Denisse Oller has been anchoring Univision's award winning newscasts, Noticias 41 a las 6p y a 11p, along with veteran news anchor Rafael Pineda. Denisse Oller’s outstanding journalistic work includes interviews with statesmen such as Ronald Reagan and Oscar Arias, world-renowned writers such as Isabel Allende and Mario Vargas Llosa, as well as other prominent figures in the world of politics and culture. When covering major news events such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Oklahoma bombings and the 1993 earthquake in Northridge, California, Oller has given in-depth reporting that invites her audience to experience the multiple dimensions of these shattering events. Across Latin America, Denisse’s voice is familiar communicating comprehensive information about presidential elections, summits, and the historic visit of Pope John Paul II to Cuba, where she interviewed both dissidents and government officials. Her exclusive interview with Zoilamerica Narváez, stepdaughter of former president of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega, sent shockwaves throughout Latin America when accusations of sexual abuse against him were detailed. Denisse’s work in media has brought her widespread recognition and awards such as five Emmys, eight Emmy nominations, five A.C.E. Awards, two Gracie Awards given by the American Women in Radio and Television organization and the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in investigative reporting. Again this year, Oller was nominated to an Emmy Award for her in-depth interview of Dominican artist, Juan Luis Guerra: “Juan Luis: entre la paz y la guerra.” Besides her work as special correspondent for Univision's award-winning weekly newsmagazine show, Aquí y Ahora and as weekly columnist for one of New York's Hispanic newspapers, Hoy, Oller has a cooking segment “Riquísimo con Denisse” in Univision 41’s (WXTV-TV) morning news show “Noticias Univision 41 Al Despertar” (Univision 41 News at Dawn), which has been an unprecedented success. Her work on behalf of Hispanic families has gained the recognition of distinguished organizations. She sits on the boards of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families and the Puerto Rican Family Institute, among others. On a personal note, Denisse is happily married to Cuban essayist Juan Montoro and has two girls ---her dogs Nina and Lana.