Lola Martinez is a weather anchor on

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. She was born in

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, grew up in

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and is based at the

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. Martinez studied English and Spanish Literature at the

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. She received her master's degree in Theater, Speech and Film from the University of South Carolina. Martinez joined CNN after anchoring weather forecasts in both English and Spanish for

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Lola Martinez profile
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