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Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize, Economic Sciences, 2009 (Press_Conference_KVA-33_cropped.jpg)

   WOMEN AND ADVERSITY
ELINOR “LIN” AWAN OSTROM
                    2009
FIRST WOMAN TO WIN A NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES

Elinor “Lin” Awan Ostrom was of the era when women were discouraged from pursuing an education or a career other than teaching, nursing or secretarial. Ostrom was also discouraged from taking trigonometry in high school because her algebra and geometry grades weren’t stellar. As a result, she was rejected as a Ph.D. student in economics because she didn’t have math courses. She chose to major in political science instead. When she applied for jobs, employers thought she wanted a secretarial position. A law firm finally hired her as an assistant personnel manager, the first woman at that firm who wasn’t in a secretarial position.

In 2009 Ostrom was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economic sciences, more accurately, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Through her studies, she proved that abiding by certain factors, depletion of natural resources can be prevented. This is possible when communities come together and self-govern and make rules that prevent depletion of resources. She challenged previous theories and is considered one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. Her theory is explained in a link below under “More Information.”

The Bloomington School of Political Economy at Indiana University in Bloomington is associated with the work Elinor and Vincente Ostrom conducted.

Bio

1933 – Born August 7 in Los AngelesAn only childHer mother, Leah Hopkins, was a musicianHer father, Adrian Awan, was a set designerHer parents divorced when she was youngShe was a competitive swimmer

Education

1951 -Graduated from Beverly Hills High School1954 – Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in political science, UCLA1962 – Master of Arts degree in political science, UCLA1965 – Ph.D. in political science, UCLA

Personal Life

1953 -Married classmate, Charles ScottThe couple divorced. No specific date is known1963 – Married Vincent Ostrom

Career

Research began at UCLA on how communities manage shared natural resources1960s – Worked at General Radio, Cambridge, Massachusetts when she and her first husband, Charles Scott, moved there1966 – Assistant professor, Indiana University, Bloomington1969 -Associate Professor, Indiana University1973 – Elinor and Vincent created Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University1974 – Full professor, IU1991-2012 – Arthur F. Bentley Chair of Political Science, IUAffiliated with Arizona State University, Tempe2012 – June 12, Elinor Ostrom passed away in Bloomington, Indiana at the age of 78.2012 – June 29, Vincent Ostrom survived his wife by only 17 days and passed away in Bloomington at the age of 92.

More Information

www.youtube.com/watch?v=642rm3AKlhc
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2009/ostrom/facts
www.tutor2u.net/economics/reference/what-were-elinor-ostroms-key-contributions-to-economic-thought#:~:text=The%20theory%20of%20common%2Dpool,resources%20in%20a%20sustainable%20way.

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Ada Monzón (adamonzon.com; foto-ada-3-e1758546756653.jpg)

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY
ADA MONZÓN
METEOROLOGIST, PUERTO RICO
NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

 Until the 1970s, men dominated news broadcasting, including weather, but when the Equal Rights Amendment became headline news, people became aware that women could hold positions on TV as well. Stations introduced the moniker “Wanda the Weather Girl,” and a woman gave the weather report with viewers often snickering at the name. Now decades later, women are respected meteorologists, and Ada Monzón is one of them.

Monzón is chief meteorologist for WAPA-TV and WKAQ Radio in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the first meteorologist from that unincorporated U.S. territory. She is the first woman in Latin America to be a certified broadcast meteorologist and Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. She provided residents with weather updates during the devastating 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria and helped them stay calm.

She is the founder and president of EcoExploratorio: Museo de Ciencias de Puerto Rico (Museum of Sciences of Puerto Rico), which focuses on environmental protection and education. One purpose is to inspire children’s curiosity. She is the only professional meteorologist with a master’s degree in Tropical Meteorology in the news media of Puerto Rico.

  Bio

1965 – Born on May 12 in San Juan, Puerto Rico1986 – Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campusMaster’s degree in meteorology, Florida State University

Career

1989 – U.S. National Weather Service Forecast Office, San Juan, Forecaster and Warning and Preparedness Meteorologist1997-2002 – Weather Anchor for WIPR-TV, San Juan2003-2014 – Chief meteorologist at WLII-TV Univision Puerto RicoSubrecipient (Puerto Rico is the main recipient) of FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant ProgramPrincipal investigator for NASA Teams IIEcoExploratorio awarded grants for Institute of Resilience of Puerto RicoSolar System AmbassadorNASA Social AlumniAda Monzón has appeared in the movies Stranded in Paradise (2014), Puerto Rico: Hope in the Dark (2018) and Force of Nature (2020).

Awards

2018 – National Weatherperson of the Year2019 – American Meteorological Society Award for Broadcast Meteorology2020 – Sor Isolina Ferre medal for community service and education

Personal Life

Married to GilbertoMonzón, Executive Vice President, Specialized Businesses Group, Banco Popular de Puerto RicoThe couple has three daughters

More Information
https://ecoexploratorio.org
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1300557188095935
https://hispanicengineer.com/manage-new/ada-monzon-is-2018-national-weatherperson-of-the-year
Entrevista de Accuweather a Ada Monzón
www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/ada-monzon-ciencia-y-educacion-para-crear-resiliencia-en-el-pueblo-de-puerto-rico/344219

 

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Carolina Cruz-Neira, Virtual Reality Pioneer (commons.wikimedia.org)

WOMEN AND ADVERSITY: CAROLINA CRUZ-NEIRA
PIONEER IN VIRTUAL REALITY
NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

 I remember seven years ago going to a virtual reality arcade to cover a story I was assigned. Rather than choosing a game to play, I chose to take a leisurely walk through a park filled with flowers, trees and sunshine. I donned the headset, stepped on the treadmill and the 360-degree immersive experience opened a world of wonder for me. I was in this arcade, but virtually I was outside in the park. Carolina Cruz-Neira is responsible for this.

Her discovery of Cave Automatic Virtual Environment, known as CAVE, goes further. CAVE is immersive virtual reality in which images are projected on walls and the floor of a room where several people gather. They wear special stereo-equipped glasses and can interact with each other.

In 1992, Cruz-Neira and two other systems engineers developed the first CAVE, but in 1995 for her Ph.D. dissertation, she developed the specifications and implementations for using CAVE.

Computer science wasn’t her dream job. When Cruz-Neira was growing up she wanted to be a ballet dancer, and ballet consumed her life. At 21, she broke her knee in a skiing accident, which made it impossible for her to make ballet her career. However, she got a job at a company that provided computing services. Her life changed again, and she is now known worldwide as a computer scientist who changed virtual reality. She is opening the door to use this technology for practical purposes.

Few facts about Cruz-Neira are available, so here is what I gathered.                                                                                                                                                       Bio

1965 – Born in SpainGrew up between Spain and Venezuela where her parents had a fashion import business1968 – Began ballet classes1986 – Skiing accident ended ballet for her1989 – Won a scholarship to study in the United StatesEducation1987 – Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela1991 – Master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science, University of Illinois Chicago1995 – Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science, University of Illinois Chicago

Career

1987 – Teleprovenca in Caracas, a large data and computational center1991 – IBM Wall Street as a lead visualization software architect1995 – Cofounded Virtual Reality Applications Center at Iowa State UniversitySeveral academic positions2007 – Received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Virtual Reality Technical Achievement award for the development of CAVESeveral other awards2019-present – University of Central Florida, Agere Chair professor

Personal Life

Became a U.S. citizenMarried to Dirk Reiners, associate professor, University of Central Florida

  More Information
womenofixd.com/stories/carolina-cruz-neira
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX-K7MAbPs
spectrum.ieee.org/ballerina-turned-vr-pioneer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxtrtv8rxKw

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Davonne Reaves, Entrepreneur, Hotel Owner (photo: https://togo.hotelbusiness.com/articl...)

Women and Adversity:
Davonne Reaves, Entrepreneur Hotel Owner
August is Black Business Month

Davonne Reaves has achieved recognition and success by being positive about her goals. She has said so many things that are worth quoting.
“Dreams after all do become a reality with passion—something which carries immense power beyond measurable strength.”
“If there’s anything that this experience has taught me is that with enough hard work, determination, tenacity, and perseverance you can achieve your dreams no matter what they are or who tells you otherwise!”

“I hope my story will inspire more people to think about hotel investing and ownership as more than just a daydream.”
“I wouldn’t be where I am if I listened to the people who said I couldn’t do it.”

These words should inspire the most determined skeptic.

According to National Association of Black Hotel Owner Operators and Developers, less than two percent of hotel owners are Black, and less than one percent are Black females. 

Bio

May 1987 – Born in PhiladelphiaFamily moved to Clayton County, GeorgiaFather was a firefighter; mother was a stay-at-home momGraduated from Jonesboro High School, Jonesboro2010 – Bachelor of Science degree in sociology from Georgia State University, Atlanta

Career

Front desk agent at Hyatt Regency AtlantaIntern at Horwath HTL to transition from hospitality to corporate/hotel transactions2015 – CHMWarnick, Boston, asset management2017 – founded The Vonne Group, to assist in helping Blacks acquire and invest in hospitality ownership2020 – Reaves and two classmates from GSU partnered with Nassau Investments and bought Home2 Suites by Hilton in El Reno, Oklahoma for $8.3 million.2022 – Added Hampton Inn & Suites in Scottsburg and  Staybridge Suites by IHG in Indianapolis2022 – Launched The Vesterr Group, a crowdfunding platform to connect real estate developers and property owners

Personal

Son, Jamir, 7

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIF3ehiZS-Q
https://theatlantavoice.com/davonne-reaves
news.gsu.edu/magazine/when-it-comes-to-building-a-hotel-empire-davonne-reaves-has-no-reservations

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Sheila Johnson, Entrepreneur (Drew Xeron/Courtesy of Salamander Resort & Spa)

Women and Adversity:
Sheila Johnson, Entrepreneur
Co-founder,
 Black Entertainment Television
August is Black Business Month

Besides being the first woman to have part ownership in three sports franchises, Sheila Johnson is the first Black woman to be a billionaire.

This entrepreneur proves the connection between math and music. She excelled as a violinist and was the first Black to win statewide violin competition in Illinois. Her father, George Crump, played the piano, which Johnson learned to play, but in fifth grade the violin was her instrument of choice. She played in the University of Illinois orchestra and was first chair in the Illinois All-state orchestra. She taught music at Sidwell Friends private school in Washington, D.C. and founded the Young Strings in Action youth orchestra in 1975.

She turned from music to media when her husband, Robert Johnson, investigated cable television and observed a lack of programming for Blacks. They co-founded Black Entertainment Television in 1980.

After their divorce in 2002, she bought a farm in Middleburg, Virginia and developed the 350-acres into Salamander Inn & Spa.
In 2005 she became part owner of the Washington Mystics WNBA, Washington Capitals NHL and the Washington Wizards NBA teams. She bought the Innisbrook Golf Resort near Tampa in 2007.

Her philanthropy runs from fighting poverty to supporting the arts and education.

Bio

Born Sheila Crump on January 25, 1949 in McKeesport, PennsylvaniaHer father was a neurosurgeon at Veterans Administration hospitals; her mother was an accountantFamily moved to Maywood, Illinois1966 – Graduated from Proviso East High School in Maywood1969 – Married Robert Johnson; the couple has two children1970 – Graduated from University of Illinois with a major in music2002 – Divorced Robert2005 – Married Arlington County, Virginia, Circuit Court Chief Judge William Newman

Career 

1980 – Co-founder of Black Entertainment Television with husband Robert Johnson1989 – Created Teen Summit, a one-hour live television program for teens1999 – Left BET2002 – Became head of Washington International Horse Show2005 – Joined Lincoln Holdings LLC and became co-owner of Washington Mystics WMBA, Washington Wizards MBA and Washington Capitals NHL franchises.2007 – Bought Innisbrook Golf Resort, Palm Harbor, Florida2008 – Executive producer of the documentary A Powerful Noise

More Information

www.jermainebrown.org/posts/sheila-johnsons-life-of-struggle-and-success
www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/sheila-c-johnson-41
www.youtube.com/watch?v=auB_nCK7CgI

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Women and Adversity:
Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin
Grande Dame of Champagne

When I told my nephew, actor Robert Wilde, that I write this blog, he said Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin (pronounced Barb-Nee’cole Klee’Ko Pone sar’ duh) was an entrepreneur who fit my requisites for Women and Adversity. He read a book about her and learned she perfected the taste of champagne. I enjoy a glass of the bubbly and decided to investigate this valiant woman.

Few women born in the 1700s gained fame outside the home, but Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin is one who did. Her father was a wealthy merchant in Reims, France, who arranged his daughter’s marriage to the son of another wealthy French merchant, Philippe Clicquot, who owned vineyards in addition to his other holdings. Barbe-Nicole, 21, married Francois Clicquot, 23.

Seven years later in 1805, Francois, whose father had given him control of the Clicquot assets, died of typhoid, although some reports state he committed suicide. The couple’s daughter, Clementine, was three. Whatever the case, Madame Clicquot asked her father-in-law to allow her to manage the business. He agreed if she completed an apprenticeship to prove she was capable of running it. She succeeded and became head of the business, which included banking, wool trading and champagne production. She concentrated on the champagne segment.

On July 21, 1810, she opened Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin. Veuve (pronounced vuv) means “widow” in French. Madame Clicquot had developed a way to eliminate the cloudy appearance of champagne with a method labeled “riddling.” With this system she inverted the bottle filled with champagne after the second fermentation in order to allow the sediment to gather at the cork. The sediment was removed without disturbing the wine so it maintained its bubbles and taste.

She earned the title “The Grande Dame of Champagne.” The distinctive yellow label is her signature champagne, Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut.

Bio

Born December 16, 1777 in Reims, FranceJune 10, 1798 – Married Francois ClicquotMarch 20, 1799 – Daughter Clementine born

Career 

July 21, 1810 – Barbe-Nicole launched her own company, Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin1816  – Invented the ‘riddling’ process1818 – Invented the first blended rose⸍ champagneBecame known as Grande Dame of Champagne

Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin passed July 29, 1866 at the age of 88.

More Information

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/madame-clicquot-historys-champagne-pioneer/id1567153567?i=1000660313908
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-widow-who-created-the-champagne-industry-180947570 
Book: The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J. Mazzeo

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Patti Callahan Henry, Novelist, Silver Coast Winery, Ocean Isle Beach, NC (Photo by Jo Ann Mathews)

Women and Adversity: Patti Callahan Henry, Novelist

Patti Callahan Henry’s most recent novel, The Story She Left Behind, is riveting and one I’ve seen women reading at the beach and the pool. Readers get enthralled with the story because it starts with Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham telling the reader she’s leaving everyone behind. It’s 2am. She gets in a boat and drives it away.

Fast forward 25 years and Fordham’s daughter, Clara Harrington, enters the story and tells how she was eight years old when her mother disappeared. She receives a telephone call from Charles Jameson, who lives in London, saying he has papers that belonged to Fordham with instructions to give them directly to Harrington. So the mystery continues. The story is about finding Fordham, Harrington’s quest to find her, and Harrington’s precocious daughter, Wynnie.

Henry has written 18 novels. Some are historical fiction while others are contemporary.  On her recent book tour promoting The Story She Left Behind, one stop was  Silver Coast Winery in Ocean Isle Beach, N. C. I had an opportunity to ask her a few questions before her presentation.

Q: What’s the biggest challenge you had to face as a writer?

A: Getting published

Q: What obstacles have you faced as a writer?

A: Finding the right story that I can put everything I’ve got into it, not writing the story somebody else wants me
to write. Also, not writing the story I think will sell or be popular but finding the story that I want to tell and to put everything I’ve got into it.

Henry and three of her novelist friends, Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel and Kristy Woodson, started Friends & Fiction, a live program that runs Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The group discusses writing and publishing. Check the link below.

Bio

Henry grew up in PhiladelphiaBachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Auburn UniversityMaster of Science degree in Nursing from Georgia State University

Career  

Pediatric clinical nurse specialist2004 — debut novel, Losing the Moon

Personal

Married to Pat HenryThe couple has three children and two grandchildrenThe couple shares their time between Alabama and South Carolina

 More Information:

www.patticallahanhenry.com
www.friendsandfiction.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaGeuTJEy6U

 

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Patricia Highsmith (Highsmith_on_After_Dark-June-18-1988-Open-Media-Ltd-1988.jpg)

Women and Adversity:
Patricia Highsmith
Mystery Novelist
known for psychological thrillers
Short Story Writer, Lesbian
June is  Pride Month

Because her father didn’t want a child, Patricia Highsmith’s mother tried to abort her by drinking turpentine. The attempt failed, and nine days before their daughter was born, Jay and Mary Plangman divorced. Such is the start of Patricia Highsmith’s troubled life.

Her mother married Stanley Highsmith in 1924, but Patricia lived with her maternal grandmother until 1927 before moving to New York to live with her mother and stepfather, whom she hated. Her growing-up years were turbulent in some ways because she was sent to live with her grandmother in Texas for a year, and she felt abandoned. She did well in high school and college and read widely, becoming fascinated with Edgar Allan Poe’s stories and eastern philosophy.

Highsmith’s short stories were published in both her high school and college literary magazines, but when she graduated from Barnard, the top magazines—Time, Vogue, New Yorker among others—didn’t hire her. She got a job with comic book publisher Sangor—Pines but wrote her own stories on the side. Her stories gained fame, and she was touted in some circles as a genius.

She had numerous sexual experiences, primarily with women, and didn’t really like men. She was rude, insulted Jews, became an alcoholic, drinking from morning until night, smoked about 40 cigarettes a day and would bring her pet snails to parties. It was unfortunate that her life dissipated to this extent.

Some of her quotes:

Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable.My imagination functions much better when I don’t have to speak to people.Honestly, I don’t understand why people get so worked up about a little murder!

On February 4, 1995 Highsmith passed away in  Locarno, Switzerland of aplastic anemia and lung cancer. She was 74 years old.

Bio

1921 – Born Mary Patricia Plangman in Fort Worth, Texas on January 191934-38 – attended Julia Richman High School, New York City1942 – Graduated from Barnard College, New York City1949 – Traveled to Europe and settled there

Career and some of her writings

1950 – Strangers on a Train, first published novel1951 – Alfred Hitchcock made the book into a movie1952 – The Price of Salt, written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. A story of lesbian lovers.1955 – The Talented Mr. Ripley, the first in a series featuring Tom Ripley, a likable murderer1966 – Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction; revised in 19811975 – The Animal-Lover’s Book of Beastly Murder, about animals killing humans1990 – The Price of Salt published under the title Carol2015 – Carol, the movie2021 – Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks, 1941-1995, edited by Anna von Planta

More information

www.azquotes.com/author/6683-Patricia_Highsmith
www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/features/patricia-highsmith-ripley-author-netflix-bio-novels-b2518279.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UcTR15XA_I

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Virginia Woolf: novelist, essayist (1927, from her collection)

Women and Adversity:
Virginia Woolf
Novelist, Feminist, Lesbian
June is  Pride Month

Virginia Woolf  was a brilliant English novelist and essayist, known for her stream of consciousness technique. When she was five, she loved books and wrote letters. When she was 10, she began a family newspaper, which she wrote until 1895 when her mother died. She says the loss of her mother caused her first nervous breakdown, but she had other issues before then.

She experienced depression and mental instability throughout her life.  She revealed that her half-brothers sexually abused her, one started the abuse when she was six, the other when she was 13. Her writing concentrated on intimate relationships between women, and she personally had several intimate relationships with women, especially with Vita Sackville-West. She called herself a “sapphist,” which refers to Greek poet Sappho, who had intimate relations with women. Woolf’s husband, Leonard, accepted her involvement with women. Unfortunately, her depression led to her suicide in 1941.

The background to how her name was in American playwright Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is available at https://zazzorama.com/why-called-afraid-virginia-woolf.

Bio

1882 – Born Adeline Virginia Stephen in London on January 251912 – Married Leonard Woolf1917 – The couple founded the Hogarth Press, a publishing company they ran from their home. It published her works and others in her group.

Education

Informally educated at home1897 – Received private tutoring in Classical Greek and Latin1897-1902 – Attended lectures at the King’s College Ladies’ Department1900 – The Midnight Society: an intellectual group at Trinity College. Woolf’s brother introduced her to it. Leonard Woolf was a member.

Career and writings

1905 – The Bloomsbury Group formed. It was comprised of intellectuals and artists, who questioned Victorian customs and gender roles. The group determined the direction of arts and literature in the early 20th1915 – The Voyage Out, Woolf’s first published novel1922 – Jacob’s Room1925 – Dalloway1927 – To the Lighthouse1928 – Orlando1929 – “A Room of One’s Own” – an essay in which Woolf states a woman must have a room and money if she is to write.1931 – The Waves

 On March 28,  1941, Woolf filled her pockets with stones and walked into the River Ouse. Her body was found three weeks later.

More information
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virginia-Woolf https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1642&context=gvr
https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/news/afterlives-vw#:~:text=She%20was%2059%2C%20an%20unusual,the%20River%20Ouse%20in%20Sussex.

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Women and Adversity: Weijia Jiang
Vice President, White House Correspondents’ Association
Senior White House Correspondent for CBS News
May is  Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Weijia Jiang, CBS Senior White House Correspondent (7/11/2018 Photo by Victor Ulloa on Weijia’s iPhone)

Weijia Jiang (pronounced Wee⸍jah Jang) is a Chinese American journalist and vice president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. She began working for CBS News in 2015 and was named White House correspondent for CBS in July 2018. She is now CBS News senior White House correspondent and is based in Washington, D.C. She asks tough questions and doesn’t back down when she’s challenged, not even when President Trump berates her, which he’s done several times. She won an Emmy award for her contributions to CBS Mornings.

Jang has an extensive resume as a reporter. When she was 13, she won a competition and was a student reporter and anchor for Channel One New in Los Angeles. In high school she was on the video news staff at Buckhannon-Upshur High School in West Virginia. She worked at several television stations before she landed at CBS News.

In June 2023 she was elected to an at-large board seat of the White House Correspondents’ Association and is its current vice president. She will take the reins as president in 2026. She is an active member of the Asian American Journalists Association.

Bio

1983 – Born in Xiamen, China June 61985 – Her family immigrated to the U.S.She grew up in Buckhannon, West VirginiaHer parents owned Chinatown restaurant

Education

2005 – bachelor’s degree in philosophy with a minor in chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia2006 – master’s degree in broadcast journalism, Syracuse University, New York2006 – as a graduate school student worked for WBRE-TV, Scranton, Pennsylvania as a Washington, D.C. based reporter

Career

2006-08 – WBOC-TV, Salisbury, Maryland2008-2012 – WJZ-TV, Baltimore, Maryland2012-2015 – WCBS, New York, general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor2015-2018 – CBS News, correspondent for Newspath, the network’s 24-hour television newsgathering service2018-present – White House correspondent

Awards

2006-08 – Edward R. Murrow award and Associated Press award for feature reporting2012 – inducted into the Professional Gallery at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University2013 – regional Emmy award at the 34th News & Documentary Emmy Awards for spot coverage of the Newtown tragedy2014 – MC at the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business gala dinner

Personal life

1918 – married Travis Luther Lowe, an executive with YelpThey live in Washington, D.C.The couple has two children

More information

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muipv4f2PS8
https://www.cbsnews.com/team/weijia-jiang
https://whca.press/officer/weijia-jiang

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