Ysabel Duron joined KRON-TV's San Jose NewsCenter as a general assignment reporter in May 1990. In July 1992, she gained additional responsibilities when she was named co-anchor of "NewsCenter 4 Saturday Daybreak" and "NewsCenter 4 Sunday Daybreak" on Channel 4.

She came to the station from WMAQ-TV, the NBC owned-and-operated station in Chicago, where she was a general assignment reporter since June 1986. Duron had also anchored "Channel 5 News at Sunrise" since 1987. While at WMAQ, she reported from Mexico several times. Her stories examined the plight of Guatemalan refugees streaming into Mexico, examined the turmoil in the Mexican economy and its impact on the U.S., and she accompanied Mayor Harold Washington, at the invitation of President Miguel de la Madrid, to report on earthquake relief funds sent from Chicago.

Before working for WMAQ, Duron was an anchor and reporter on the weekday 10:00 p.m. newscasts at KICU-TV in San Jose, Calif. She joined the independent in 1981, when the station initiated its news broadcasts. In 1982, her four-part news series, "Trouble with Teachers," was honored with the John Swett Award, the highest award given by the California Teachers Association. The series also won a Radio and Television News Directors Association Award.

In 1980, Ysabel Duron worked as a reporter for KCST-TV, the NBC affiliate in San Diego, Calif. Prior to that, she worked as a reporter and weekend anchor at NBC affiliate WBZ-TV in Boston, Mass. From 1972 to 1979, Duron was anchor and reporter for KTVU in Oakland, Calif, where she won a 1974 Emmy Award for spot news coverage of the Patricia Hearst story.

Following a brief writing position at KNXT-TV in Los Angeles (now KCBS-TV), Duron's career in the industry has come full circle in the Bay Area. She began working for KRON in 1971 as a part-time writer, before spending the next year as an intern/reporter at KPIX-TV, San Francisco's CBS affiliate.

Duron received an Image Award from the Latino Institute for being a role model in the Chicago community. She also shared in a 1990 Emmy role model in the Chicago community. She also shared in a 1990 Emmy Award from the Chicago chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for WMAQ's coverage of the Laurie Dann school shooting. Most recently, Duron won awards in 1992 from the Northern California Radio and Television News Directors Association and the Peninsula Press Club for her series, "The Child I Never Held." Her reports covered the 1991 reunion and aftermath with the son she had given up for adoption 23 years prior.

A native of Salinas, Calif, Ysabel received a B.A. in journalism from San Jose State University. She received a Washington Journalism Fellowship in the spring of 1970, and is listed in the 1978 and 1987 editions of "Who's Who of American Women." She was also named one of America's Top 100 Hispanic Women in Communications by Hispanic USA Magazine. In September 1990, Duron became a Fellow of the National Hispana Leadership Institute. A member of the third graduating class, she was one of only 25 Hispanic women chosen from around the country for the program, which now numbers over 100 fellows. She is also a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and serves on the Board of Directors of the International Women's Media Foundation. In 1997, she was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences "Silver Circle" for her 27 years of meritorious work as a journalist.

She lives in San Jose, where she enjoys image consulting and interior design, along with reading and movies.