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Robin Roberts is anchor of ABC's Good Morning America. Under her leadership, the broadcast has won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning program.

Roberts was named co-anchor of Good Morning America in May 2005. She began contributing to the morning program in June 1995 and has worked in broadcasting for more than 20 years.

From 1990 to 2005, Roberts was a contributor to ESPN, where her assignments included hosting SportsCenter and contributing to NFL PrimeTime.

Roberts has served on the Women's Sports Foundation Advisory Board and the FIFA Women's World Cup Advisory Board. She has also received many awards including the Excellence in Sports Journalism Award for Broadcast Media and the Women at Work Broadcast Journalism Award. In 1994, she was inducted in the Women's Institute on Sport and Education Foundation's Hall of Fame.

In July 2007, Roberts announced on Good Morning America that she had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and was undergoing treatment. Since her diagnosis Robin has become an outspoken advocate for breast cancer awareness. In March 2007, Hyperion Books published her first book, From the Heart: Seven Rules to Live By which was a New York Times bestseller. An updated version, From The Heart: Eight Rules To Live By, was released in October 2008 with an additional chapter on her experience with breast cancer.

Roberts is a native of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and has worked to aid rebuilding efforts there after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.