Mariz Umali

Mariz Umali
Born	Marie Grace Michelle Umali 1979/1980 (age 36–38)  Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Alma mater	University of the Philippines
Occupation	Journalist, news anchor, television presenter
Years active	2001–present
Employer	GMA Network
Television	Balitanghali, I-Witness, Born to Be Wild
Spouse(s)	Raffy Tima (m. 2012)

Marie Grace Michelle Umali-Tima (born c. 1979/1980), widely known as Mariz Umali, is a broadcast journalist from the Philippines. She is known for being the main newscaster of the weekend edition of GMA News TV's Balitanghali. She finished Broadcast Communications course at the University of the Philippines Diliman but she started as a Pharmacy student. She started to work at GMA Network as a researcher and producer of news content for the 2001 Philippine general elections. Besides Balintanghali, she also appeared as host or documentarian in other television shows such as I-Witness,Out of Control and Born to Be Wild.

Umali wanted to be a doctor and this is the reason why she entered to a course related to medicine, which is Pharmacy, but Umali transferred to Broadcast Communications at University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) where she graduated cum laude. In 2000, she ran as Chairman of UPD University Student Council but she lost to Raymond Palatino who is the future Representative of the Kabataan Partylist at the House of Representatives of the Philippines. She also joined UP-CMC Broadcast Association, a non-profit organization of UPD College of Mass Communication.

At the age of almost 21, Umali started as a producer and researcher at GMA Network reporting for the 2001 general elections in the Philippines. Later on, she became a news reporter. According to Umali, she considers the exclusive interview of the suspects of the Nida Blanca murder case as her big break of her career. She also had reported dangerous coverage such as Manila Peninsula siege and Typhoon Pepeng.

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