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Tinabeth Piña is an American multi-media journalist. She is currently the host of 'LATiNAS' and 'Globe Scholars'.
Early life
editPiña grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania and attended Notre Dame High School, where she was the first female PIAA track and field state champion in the 200 meter dash.[1] She went on to graduate with honors from Lafayette College.[2]
Professional career
editPiña's first broadcast television job was as a reporter and host on MSG Metro Channels.[3]
She then went on to produce Biography for A&E, hosted Daily Remix on Oxygen, the Us Magazine report on local ABC news channels nationwide and eventually became an entertainment/lifestyle/features reporter for WABC New York. She was also a recurring guest journalist on The Maury Povich Show.
Since 2012, Piña has been employed by CUNY TV,[4][5] where she is the station's managing editor and host of 'LATiNAS'[6] - a half-hour magazine show dedicated to profiling LatinX women in the United States.
In 2018 Piña created 'Globe Scholars'[7] - a TELLY[8] award winning travel show about study abroad airing on PBS stations since 2019.[9]
She won an Emmy Award as part of the production team for VIVA - a series profiling successful Hispanics .[10][11][12]
References
edit- ^ Express-Times, Bruce Buratti | The (2011-05-28). "Monica Pechanec becomes third Notre Dame High School girl to win PIAA track gold medal". lehighvalleylive. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Tinabeth Piña '93". Lafayette.edu. 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Cablevision's Rainbow Media and MetroChannels: Getting Real, With More NY Attitude". 2000-03-21. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "NY Times What's On". The New York Times. 2014.
- ^ "NY Times - what's on". The New York Times. 2015.
- ^ "LATiNAS - May 2020". CUNY TV. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "About". Globe Scholars. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Telly Award".
- ^ "TV Schedules - AZPM". tv.azpm.org. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Profile: Piña '93 Is Award-Winning Producer". Lafayette Magazine. 2015.
- ^ "NY Emmy Awards" (PDF).
- ^ "TV Phenom Tinabeth Pina brings Latinas' lives and achievements to the small screen". January 2020.