It’s un nuevo dia for Adamari Lopez…

The 41-year-old Puerto Rican actress and telenovela star has made her highly anticipated debut on Telemundo’s morning show Un Nuevo Dia, which until this week was called Levantate!

“What’s better than getting up really early in the morning, and here I am,” Lopez joked at the start of her first appearance on Monday. Her first morning surprise: finding her parents on set to greet her.

In her new role as a television presenter, Lopez is hosting the morning show’s regulars Rashel Diaz, Omar Germenos, Azucena Cierco and Daniel Sarcos.

Lopez has often been covered in the Spanish media because of personal issues like her engagement and subsequent breakup with Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, her victory on the celebrity dancing competition Mira Quien Baila and her successful bout with cancer.

“How wonderful they made me feel on @UnNuevoDia,” Lopez tweeted after her first day. “Thanks to all my fellow actors and to the production x so much affection. #Happy and grateful.”

Un Nuevo Dia is broadcast on Telemundo every weekday morning Monday through Friday.