Guild and the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists and placed in their archives. In 2011 she named a finalist in the 80th Annual Writer's Digest Competition in the category of Inspirational Writing. Saida Pagán is a native New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent. She attended both public and parochial elementary schools where she was an honor student, later graduating with a Regents-endorsed academic diploma from St. Michael Academy in Manhattan. During high school, Ms. Pagán was Vice-President of
Aspira's Saida Pagan
A Journalist, Actress, Voice-Over Artist, Writer and Educator
Saida E. Rodriguez Pagán is a journalist, actress, voice-over artist, writer and educator. As a television newscaster, Ms. Pagán has filed literally thousands of news reports in a career that has spanned more than three decades. As an actress and host, Saida Pagán has appeared as an anchor or reporter in 45 television episodes and 10 movies. She has also hosted or starred in more than a dozen industrial films and commercials. Prime- time shows in which Ms. Pagán has guest-starred include "CSI," "Medium," "West Wing," "Boston Legal" and "Cold Case." She has also had roles in several popular movies such as "Bruce Almighty,"
"Kiss, Kiss,
Bang, Bang," and "The People vs. Larry Flynt."
Saida Pagán is an award-winning television newscaster who has worked at stations in Los Angeles, Fresno, Hartford and Colorado Springs. She is the recipient of two Los Angeles-area "Golden Mike Awards," for entertainment reporting and for team coverage of the Northridge Earthquake. While at KCBS-TV, Saida Pagán was also part of a group of reporters that won a local Emmy for coverage of the Northridge Earthquake. Over the years, Ms. Pagán has also been recognized for covering breaking news in both Los Angeles and Colorado Springs. In addition, her acclaimed 1993 series on the challenges of ethnic actors titled, "The Color of Movies," was acknowledged by both the Screen Actors
Manhattan chapter. Aspira encourages leadership and education among Hispanic youth. Ms. Pagán attended The City College of New York in Manhattan and Lehman College in the Bronx, major- ing in Speech and Education and making the honor roll. Shortly after college she was published in New York-area magazines while employed behind the scenes at WABC- TV. A year or so later, she began her reporting career at KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs. Next, Saida Pagan
moved to Hartford where she worked for WFSB-TV, the CBS affiliate. While there, Saida Pagán was named "Hartford Woman of the Future," by Hartford Woman Newspaper and an "Outstanding Young Woman of America." In the mid 1980s, Saida Pagán arrived in Los Angeles and reported and anchored at KTTV, KCOP (UPN), and KCBS-TV. During the 1990s, Ms. Pagán also anchored for KFSN in Fresno, did entertainment reporting for BET, was a correspondent for Fox News and pro- duced a segment for “America's Most Wanted”. In more recent years, Saida Pagán has divided her time among
journalism, teaching, media training, acting and university lecturing. Ms. Pagán has continued with her formal education, completing 30 credits toward a master's degree in Mass Communications and earning a certificate in teaching English-as-a-Second Language from UCLA in 2012, graduating with the highest honors. Ms. Pagán is a tenured adult English and Citizenship instructor as well as a past program coordinator and Past-President of Women Educators of Los Angeles. Saida Pagán currently freelances for Channel 35 LA CityView, and is working on several on-camera and writing projects. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Greater Los Angeles Writers Society.
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