As an early-morning and overnight reporter, and committed wife and mother, Macedo learned the value of sleep the hard way. Now she’s on a mission to help others so they don’t suffer the way she did. 

Macedo’s philosophy is that it's not enough to keep stressing WHY we need to sleep well. It's time we all learned HOW to sleep well -- and not how to sleep well in a lab, or in a perfect world, but rather how to sleep well in the real world, where we have to work around real obstacles like kids, inconvenient work schedules, stress, and sleep disorders. 

Macedo herself spent years struggling to sleep well. As her health deteriorated, she tried conventional advice and even sleeping pills. Nothing provided relief. But instead of losing hope, Macedo used her experience as a journalist to dig into research and consult with experts all across sleep science to identify real solutions, separate fact from fiction, create actionable fixes, and present it all in a way that’s easy to understand.

With roughly 30 percent of the population estimated to struggle with insomnia, many more estimated to struggle with other sleep disorders, and the pandemic creating a whole new wave of sleep obstacles, Macedo’s story and knowledge have never been more valuable. Not only is her information straightforward, it is embedded with humor and compassion. Her perspective as a busy, working mother also teaches and encourages audiences to fit these fixes into their everyday lives.

No stranger to the public eye, Macedo makes regular appearances on Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, World News Now, America This Morning, and anchors several daily newscasts for ABC News Live. Macedo has received two Emmy awards for her work on Good Morning America.

Macedo is also a breaking news anchor for ABC News, leading network special reports including the April 2021 car attack at the Capitol, 2020 election coverage, the Las Vegas mass shooting, the Pulse Night Club shooting, Hurricane Irma, the 2016 Presidential election, and the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. 

For ABC News Live, Macedo regularly anchors long form breaking news coverage such as Hurricane Laura and Tiger Woods’ car crash. She’s also guided viewers through historic political events including the 2020 Presidential Election, the Supreme Court confirmations of Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, and the second impeachment trial of President Trump; and provided gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Derek Chauvin Trial.

Macedo graduated from Boston College with a double major in communications and political science and can speak Portuguese and Spanish. She currently lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Read Less ^