[1] Carlos Granda holds a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communications and Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Florida.
[citation needed] Granda began his career in television news at WINK-TV, the CBS affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida where he joined as an associate producer.
Moving to Miami-based WLTV-TV in 1985, Granda covered a number of major events, including Queen Elizabeth's visit to the Bahamas, the Statue of Liberty Centennial in New York, and the crash of a Delta plane in Dallas.
In 1990, Granda moved to New-York based WABC-TV to work as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for "Eyewitness News this Morning".
He has reported on the 2000 Democratic and Republican Conventions, Election Day in Austin Texas, Elian Gonzalez's deportation and The World Trade Center Attack, and several stories about the Al Qaeda prisoners at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.