Marissa Armas

Marissa Armas joined the CBS News Texas team in March 2025 as a bilingual reporter. Born and raised in Denver, Armas is a proud Latina, with roots in El Salvador, Guatemala and New Mexico.

Most recently, Armas was a reporter and weekend anchor at our sister station, CBS News Colorado, where she covered everything from Colorado's most destructive wildfire to the influx of Venezuelan migrants arriving in Denver. In 2023, Armas was selected as one of six American journalists to participate in the Korea-United States Journalists fellowship, where she traveled to Seoul, Busan and the DMZ to discuss issues with U.S.-Korea relations.

Prior to joining CBS News Colorado, Armas was a reporter in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she extensively covered the southern border, immigration and tribal sovereignty. Her work at the border got her a Rocky Mountain Southwest Emmy nomination. In 2020, she committed to covering the Navajo Nation and other indigenous tribes and pueblos, as they endured the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prior to her stint in New Mexico, Armas was a multimedia video journalist who traveled the country covering the Latino community for NBC News digital. Armas's work has been shared on Nightly News, MSNBC and other NBC platforms, in both video and print formats.

Armas has also worked as a general assignment reporter in El Paso, Texas, where she covered the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis' historic visit to Juarez and covered the primaries for the 2016 election. Prior to taking the TV route, Armas worked at several print and digital publications in Denver.

Armas has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York and a bachelor's degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver. She's also a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and trying new restaurants.