Catalina Villegas is an award-winning anchor and reporter for Spectrum News 1 SoCal. She anchors the weekend evening newscast, “Your Weekend.”  

Catalina is a member of the Board of Directors for the LA Press Club, and she is a mentor with the Foot in the Door Fellowship.

She has worked at the local, national, and international level for many stations including CNN, CBS, NBC, and Univision. Her career has taken her across the country from California to Washington, D.C., and back.

When not at the anchor desk, Catalina focuses on social justice reporting, with an emphasis on Latinos, immigration, and immigrant populations living in the U.S. She is also currently reporting on homeless veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Catalina moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Colombia in the late 1990s. She attended UC Berkeley, earning a degree in Political Science. She is bilingual, and anchors and reports in both languages. 

She is a certified scuba diver and in her spare time loves to travel and dance.

You can find her on most social media platforms with the handle @CatalinaOffcl.