Won the Media Excellence Award from the National Foundation for Women Legislators for her business reporting and won the James W․ Schwartz Award from the Greenlee School of Journalism in 2009
She graduated from Iowa State University, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Iowa State Daily
Joined CNN Business News in 1999 and anchored "Street Sweep" through the late 1990s and early 2000s
Quote: "It's been a fascinating time to be covering finance and international news․ Covering the Arab Spring, I felt like I was in a chair to history․"
Quote: "(On the reason she wrote her book on finance): "In a world where everything is uncertain, I wanted to find the things that people can control themselves, and to put some of the control back in the hands of Americans․""
Quote: "(On what she wished she'd known after graduating college): "I wish I would have known not to worry about what was gonna come next․ 'Cause if you just put one foot in front of the other and you make smart moves, it's all gonna work out․""
She is best known as the host of CNN's business show "Your Money․"
Spent a lot of time in France as an exchange student after majoring in French at college
She has written two books on personal finance, "Smart is the New Rich: If You Can't Afford it - Put it Down" and "How to Speak Money․"
Awards
2017Emmy-Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast:nominated