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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Tinabeth Piña '93". Lafayette.edu. 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  3. ^ "Cablevision's Rainbow Media and MetroChannels: Getting Real, With More NY Attitude". 2000-03-21. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. ^ "NY Times What's On". The New York Times. 2014.
  5. ^ "NY Times - what's on". The New York Times. 2015.
  6. ^ "LATiNAS - May 2020". CUNY TV. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  7. ^ "About". Globe Scholars. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  8. ^ "Telly Award".
  9. ^ "TV Schedules - AZPM". tv.azpm.org. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  10. ^ "Profile: Piña '93 Is Award-Winning Producer". Lafayette Magazine. 2015.
  11. ^ "NY Emmy Awards" (PDF).
  12. ^ "TV Phenom Tinabeth Pina brings Latinas' lives and achievements to the small screen". January 2020.