CNN newswoman Vanessa Yurkevich

Vanessa Yurkevich is a CNN reporter covering two topics that have gone increasingly hand-in-hand in recent times, especially since 2016 - business and politics.

As a result, she's covered numerous stories affecting both, such as the recent General Motors strike, the 2018 government shutdown, and trade issues . . . and their effects on policy.  She's also interiewed several 2020 presidential candidates.

Ms. Yurkevich has also reported on the ongoing immigration issue, reporting from the U.S.-Mexico border and having produced a three-part series on the topic, "The Green Wall," after observing three border patrol agents on the job.

Fluent in Spanish, Ms. Yurkevich worked for the Spanish-language NY1 Noticias as well as the English-language NY1 News in New York as well as Associated Press Television in Buenos Aires, Argentina., She's also reported for the BBC and the New York Times.