Cathy Areu

Media entrepreneur, author, speaker, and journalist Cathy Areu has been called a "magazine maven" by NPR, one of New York City's "most influential women" by the Oxygen TV Network, a "woman of vision" by DC's WashFM, and an "infobabe" by Rush Limbaugh.

Since 2000, Cathy is known to millions of newspaper readers for her work as a contributing editor for The Washington Post Magazine. Her popular “First Person Singular” column has included one-on-one talks with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary of State James Baker, Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Senator Mel Martinez, Senator Al Franken, Host Larry King, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and countless others.

Cathy is best known for founding the national Latina magazine, CATALINA, created in 2001 to break stereotypes and show a positive side of the U.S. Hispanic community. In its first year, CATALINA magazine earned the “Lead Launch” distinction by Folio magazine; and reached an audited circulation of 500,000 by 2004, making it the largest lifestyle magazine targeting Hispanic women in the nation. CATALINA's clients have included Burger King, ExxonMobil, Volvo, Southwest Airlines, Marshalls, Kodak and many others.

As a Latina publisher, Washington Post Magazine contributing editor, and former public high school teacher, Cathy controversial views on U.S. politics, Latino issues, pop culture and the state of the nation’s education system has caught of attention from national and international media. In addition to serving as a frequent guest on shows including Fox’s O’Reilly Factor, HLN’s Prime News, and HLN’s Showbiz Tonight, Cathy has also appeared on CNN’s AC360, CNN’s Campbell Brown, Fox’s Hannity show, and MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown.

Cathy is the author of the non-fiction inspirational book: Latino Wisdom, and is currently working on her second non-fiction book about the power of women in DC.