Anna María Arías (July 12, 1960 – October 1, 2001) was an American journalist and entrepreneur of Hispanic descent.
The daughter of Jesse Arias and Rita Arias, she was born in San Bernardino and studied at San Diego State University, going on to earn a BA in communications from Hawaii Pacific University.
She received a Congressional Hispanic Caucus fellowship and joined the production team for CNN's Crossfire series.
Arias also worked for the Democratic National Committee as a media and campaign organizer for presidential and local candidates.
[1] She died at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from complications related to a bone marrow transplant to treat aplastic anemia.