Michaela Pereira
Birth Name:
Michaela Pereira
Birth Place:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Profession
Actress
Fast Facts
- An advocate for children in the foster system, she has served on the advisory board of the Court Appointed Special Advocates
- In 2006, she received the best daytime news broadcast honor at the Radio & TV News Association Golden Mike Awards
- Won a Mark Twain Award for her coverage of the hostage standoff at the Mexican consulate
- Earned her bachelor of arts degree from McGill University
- Was adopted by a primary school teacher mother and a social worker father when she was 3 months old and grew up alongside four other adopted sisters
- Started out in broadcasting as the host of a British Columbian documentary special
- Member of the National Association of Black Journalists
- Possesses the ability to speak Portuguese and English