Renay San Miguel was born and raised in San Angelo, where he attended San Angelo public schools and graduated from San Angelo Central High School. From 1978 to 1981, San Miguel attended Angelo State University, where he was a member and drum major in the ASU band. His parents, Armando and Dora San Miguel, are retired and continue to live in San Angelo.

San Miguel was formerly an anchor/reporter for six years with WFFA-TV in Dallas. One of his best known legacies is “La Vida,” the half-hour Hispanic magazine he created and hosted Sundays on WFAA-TV. Prior to that, he was a reporter with KOFY-TV in San Francisco, and an anchor/reporter with KTBC-TV in Austin, Texas. He also was anchor/reporter in San Angelo at KLST-TV and KIDY-TV and reporter and television critic for the San Angelo Standard-Times. San Miguel is the recipient of a Heartland Regional Emmy Award, Associated Press Award for Best Documentary, Dallas Press Club Katie Award, and University of Maryland KC Award. As part of a WFAA-TV team, he received these awards in 1995 and 1996 for documentaries on violence in the media and welfare reform.

During his term at WFAA-TV in Dallas San Miguel interviewed President and Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, President Bush, Henry Cisneros, and Governor Ann Richards. While at CNBC, San Miguel has interviewed a plethora of national figures and key leaders in the technology industry, including technology pioneers Bill Gates of Microsoft, Michael Dell of Dell Computers, Steve Jobs of Apple, Carly Fiorina of Hewlett-Packard, Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems, and John Chambers of Cisco Systems. San Miguel concedes it’s easy to identify his “all-time favorite” interview. Being a long time fan, San Miguel seized the
opportunity in 1996 to speak with actor/director/producer Jackie Chan who was in Dallas publicizing “Rumble in the Bronx.”