Univision and WTSP

Caruso-Cabrera was a researcher and later a special projects producer for Univision from 1991 to 1994. ^[9][8] She then worked as a reporter for WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida, from 1994 to 1998.^[9]

CNBC

She joined CNBC in August 1998, working there until January 2019, and became the network's first Hispanic anchor in 2001.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14]} She reported from all over the world including places such as Iran, Ukraine, Cuba, Russia and Israel.^[15][16] Caruso-Cabrera has interviewed people such as Pitbull,^[17] Lucas Papademos,^[18] Juan Manuel Santos^[19] and Nayib Bukele.^[20]

Caruso-Cabrera co-anchored Power Lunch with Bill Griffeth from 2002 to 2003.^[21] She co-hosted the Worldwide Exchange program in 2005-07, along with Christine Tan in Asia and Ross Westgate in Europe.^[22][23] Caruso-Cabrera was promoted to co-presenter of Power Lunch in 2009, and remained in that position until 2013.^{[citation needed]} She rejoined Power Lunch for another stint as co-presenter in 2016.

She left CNBC in September 2018 to join the board of directors of a Dallas, Texas, financial firm. Caruso-Cabrera held that position until February 2020.^[24][25][26] Caruso-Cabrera is currently a CNBC contributor.

2020 US House campaign

Caruso-Cabrera filed official paperwork on February 10, 2020, challenging freshman Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Democratic primary for New York's 14th congressional district, which covers portions of the Bronx and Queens.^{[31][32][33][34][35]} Caruso-Cabrera was endorsed by what Politico called the "traditionally conservative" United States Chamber of Commerce, a business lobbying group that generally backs Republicans.^{[36][37][38][39]} On April 8, her staff reported that Caruso-Cabrera's campaign had raised $1 million, and it was reported that over four dozen finance industry professionals, including private equity executives and investment bankers, had made early donations to Caruso-Cabrera.^[40] In the primary she received 11,337 votes, 18.2% of the vote, finishing in second place.^[41]

Caruso-Cabrera ran in the general election on the ticket of the Serve America Movement, a party with 349 registered members in New York.^[42][43] She received 2,000 votes, 0.9% of the vote, finishing in third place.^[44][45][46]

2021 NYC Comptroller campaign

Caruso-Cabrera ran for election in the 2021 New York City Comptroller race.^[47][48][49] She ran in the Democratic primary against among others NYS Senator Brian Benjamin, entrepreneur and former US Marine Zach Iscol, NYC Councilmember Brad Lander, NYS Senator Kevin Parker, and NYS Assemblymember David Weprin.^[50][51]

She finished 3rd in the 10-person race, making it to the second-to-last round.