Rebecca Jarvis Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Daily Point of Light Award in recognition of her advocacy for disenfranchised children and teenagers
• When she was 15, she set up a non-profit children's charity and raised $750,000 dollars for it
• Worked in the financial services industry as an investment banker and a foreign currency trader before turning to journalism
• Her articles have appeared in such publications as "Crain's Chicago Business" and "Business 2․0․"
• Worked with CBS News as a financial reporter, a co-anchor and a Business and Economics Correspondent
• After breaking her ankle in a hockey accident on the second week of the show, she made it to the runner up position on "The Apprentice 4․"
• Was granted a rare interview with then Secretary of State Colin Powell while she was a National Youth Leadership Council Youth Reporter at National Youth Summits