WOMAN OF THE MONTH – FEBRUARY 2013 Leyna Nguyen

Leyna Nguyen, anchor for KCAL9 in Los Angeles for the 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. broadcasts, has been selected as the midlifebachelor.com Woman of the Month for February 2013!

Leyna Nguyen has worked as an anchor or reporter at KCAL9 since December 1997.  She is an Emmy-Award winning journalist, and is involved in charity work in Vietnam through her non-profit foundation called Love Across the Ocean … which builds and renovates schools in Vietnam, and helps underprivileged children and their families, and also assists refugee families in Southern California.  Leyna also hosts the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon, the Special Olympics Summer Games, and Heal the Bay.  She was named one of the “25 Most Influential Vietnamese Americans” in the year 2000; and in 1996, was named “YWCA Woman of the Year”.

Prior to joining KCAL9 in LA, she worked as a reporter for KCRA in Sacramento, CA.  And before Sacramento, she lived in Augusta, Georgia – working at WRDW-TV.  She received her degree in Mass Communication from Webster University in St. Louis.  She was born in Vietnam on December 13, 1970 – and moved to Burnsville, MN when she was just 5 years old.  She married her husband, Michael Muriano, in 2005 – and they have two children together.

Here are several videos that show Leyna Nguyen in action …

Typically at this point, we attempt to analyze our Woman of the Month pick in terms of the Midlifebachelor.com 14 Types of Women.  Which type or types do you suppose Leyna Nguyen might be?  Well, she is certainly a Jackpot (see Types of Women – Jackpot) since she is a high income earner.  If you know Leyna Nguyen personally and/or would to share something about her – please add a COMMENT to the comment section at the bottom of this page!