Tinabeth Piña
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Tinabeth Piña is an American multi-media journalist. She is currently the host of 'LATiNAS' and 'Globe Scholars'.
Early life
[edit]Piña 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
[edit]Piña'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.