Early Years
Vargas was born in Paterson, New Jersey to a Puerto Rican father Rafael (Ralf) Vargas, a former Colonel in the U.S. Army, and an Irish-American mother, Anne Vargas. She spent her youth moving from base to base in Germany, Belgium and Vargas graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, where she made her debut broadcast as a reporter/anchor for KOMU-TV.
WBBM-TV, an affiliate of CBS in Chicago, Illinois. Phyllis McGrady, a senior vice president at ABC, said of her: "Elizabeth is one of the most flexible talents I've ever worked with. She could do interviews, and do hour-long specials that make you think, and then she'll do a great interview with P. Diddy. She is versatile."
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