Polo Sandoval

Polo Sandoval is a national correspondent for CNN Newsource based in Washington, D.C. Sandoval worked at KRGV-TV, a local ABC affiliate in South Texas, before joining CNN. While he often worked the anchor desk, Sandoval's passion for storytelling developed as bureau chief along the Texas-Mexico border. His assignments included immigration, homeland security, drug cartels, and the resulting violence on both sides of the border. Assignments took Sandoval across the country for coverage of political conventions and often into Mexico, the country he grew up in. Sandoval's work has been recognized by the Texas Associate Press Broadcasters and the Lone Star Emmy chapter. He is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Investigative Reporters and Editors. Sandoval received a bachelors degree in Mass Communication with a concentration in Electronic Media from Texas State University in San Marcos.