Kathleen Herles

Kathleen Herles is an American voice actress best known for being the original voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer for the first four seasons. Herles was born in the Queens borough of New York City. Her parents are from Lima, Peru. She has studied ballet, tap, jazz, drama, and voice. She takes piano lessons. She was discovered by talent manager Shirley Grant of Shirley Grant Management at a talent and modeling convention when she was 4 years old. She graduated from Pace University in 2012. In 2007, Herles retired from providing the voice for Dora the Explorer and was replaced by Caitlin Sanchez. Herles' final time providing the voice of Dora the Explorer, along with the original cast of Go, Diego, Go! (like Jake T. Austin), was in the feature-length TV special, Diego's Great Polar Bear Rescue, which aired on September 18, 2009.