Maya Rodriguez

Maya Rodriguez

Maya Rodriguez

National Correspondent

Maya Rodriguez is a national correspondent based in Washington, D.C., but travels extensively covering stories of interest. She was previously a Miami-based correspondent for NBC News and has reported for local TV stations in Denver, New Orleans, Fort Myers, FL and Amarillo, TX. A New York City native, Rodriguez holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor’s degree from Florida International University in Miami. She is of Dominican and Slovak descent and speaks Spanish and French.

Recent Work
A poster shows colleagues' support for reporter Evan Gershkovich

American reporter Evan Gershkovich marks one year in Russian jail

Florida Fish and Wildlife's Lt. Col. Alfredo Escanio.

Gov. DeSantis increases patrols on waterways due to Haitian migrants

A a man pedals carrying a girl during a scheduled power outage in Bauta, Cuba.

Cuban exile community in US keeping watchful eye on protests in Cuba

A ship carrying food aid

First ship carrying food aid arrives in Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Blinken urges stronger global efforts to combat the fentanyl crisis

Jill Dolan with some children from the orphanage.

Americans looking to escape violence in Haiti fear there is no way out

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

Haiti's embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he will resign

Members of the General Security Unit of the National Palace.

Haiti descends into chaos, facing an uncertain future

Evan Gershkovich with his parents and sister.

Evan Gershkovich's parents will attend State of the Union address

Diane Foley

In a new book, mother confronts ISIS terrorist who beheaded her son

A child holding dirty water

Desperate need for food aid growing in Gaza

Danielle Gershkovich

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's family seeks his release from Russia

The control room of a nuclear power plant in Nebraska

US infrastructure is vulnerable to Chinese cyberattack, officials warn

Harrison Li speaking at a protest for "Bring Our Families Home."

Families of Americans detained overseas plead for White House help

U.S. soldiers in the Middle East.

As tensions rise in Mideast, US begins talks on troop levels in Iraq

Sagui Dekel-Chen.

6 US hostages remain in Gaza as families push for their release

The astronauts of Axiom Mission 3

Failures and successes highlight the week in space exploration

Space shuttle taking off

Lunar lander's failure doesn't spell end to moon missions

Bikers in a bike lane

Growing number of cities to ban right turns on red for vehicles

College students protesting the Israel-Hamas war.

Why pro-Palestinian demonstrations are popping up on college campuses

A memorial board for victims of Virginia Tech mass shooting

Virginia creates first permanent state fund for mass shooting victims

Apples hanging from a tree

Amid climate change, researchers develop new types of apples

Aerial view of a flooded neighborhood.

'Climate isolation' a growing threat to millions of Americans

A mobile addiction treatment van.

Rural 'peer counselors' help in combatting the opioid crisis

Drone footage of fall foliage.

Drought, rain and wildfires delaying fall foliage in parts of the US

A vehicle drives past a memorial for a girl who was struck and killed by a driver.

Despite vehicle safety improvements, US pedestrian deaths soar

Logo for the National Council of Nonprofits.

Study: Nonprofits struggling to fill job vacancies across the country

A recipient of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, better known as WIC.

Government shutdown could cut food aid for millions of women, children

Headstones at the former site of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania.

Focus renews on Native American children buried at boarding schools

Paul Veneto pushing "Paulie's Push" airline cart in honor of airline workers who died on 9/11.

'Paulie's Push' honors airline crews lost on 9/11