She is currently a national correspondent and anchor at CBS News based in New York[1] and host of the iHeart Radio podcast, El Flow.

[20] She is a TEDx speaker[21] and contributing columnist for HuffPost writing both in English and Spanish about issues concerning the Hispanic community,[22] the War on Drugs[23] and Human Rights.

[26] As a Los Angeles based correspondent at CBS News, Luciano has led the network's coverage of California[27] and Oregon wildfires,[28] BLM protests in Portland,[29] immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border,[30] the deadly crowd surge at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival,[31] she covered the historic 2021 tornadoes in Kentucky,[32] the oil spill in Southern California,[33] among other national breaking news stories.

Luciano also produced and hosted Fighting for Paradise: The Future of Puerto Rico, a CBS News documentary streaming on Paramount Plus and CBSN.

After graduating from The University of Miami, Luciano was hired by Univision Networks as correspondent and co-anchor for evening newscast En Vivo y Directo.

[9] She investigated politics,[50] crime,[51] family court,[52] immigration,[53] housing,[54] education,[55] homelessness,[56] police shootings, drug policy, wildfires, and other climate disasters, including an award-winning documentary about Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

[59] Luciano joined NBC News in December 2010 from Univision network where she served as co-host of a live daily program and as a correspondent for the top-rated show Aquí y Ahora.

In August 2011, Lilia Luciano covered Hurricane Irene from Nassau, Bahamas for NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams, Today Show, MSNBC, The Weather Channel, CNBC and Telemundo.

[63][64][65] On February 22, 2012, Luciano reported for Today, MSNBC and Comcast Sports on the first degree murder trial of University of Virginia Lacrosse captain George Huguely, convicted in the death of his girlfriend Yeardly Love.

[71] NBC News president Steve Capus told Reuters that the edit, made by a Miami-based producer, was "a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call."

"[69] On December 6, 2012, Luciano was named as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed against NBC by George Zimmerman regarding their erroneous edit and airing of his 911 call to advance a false narrative.

[76] In 2010, she served as spokesperson to the Univision and Bill Gates Foundation's Education Campaign, "Es El Momento", as well as a supporter and collaborator with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Walk Now for Autism.