Betty Nguyen Biography
Betty Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American news anchor who works in New York City for the PIX11 Morning News, weekdays from 7 to 11 a.m. She joined WPIX after anchoring “Early Today” and “First Look” on NBC and MSNBC.
How old is Betty Nguyen? – Age
She is 49 years old as of 1 September 2023. She was born in 1974 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Betty Nguyen Family
Nguyen was born in the Vietnamese city of Saigon. She is half-Vietnamese and half-Scottish American. During the Fall of Saigon in April 1975, Nguyen and her family fled Vietnam for the United States. She speaks about her father in a CNN videotape.”He was a Vietnamese college student who fell in love with an American serviceman. They married and had me, a child who was blessed with life at a time when so many others were dying in the war. We were crammed into a crowded C-130 cargo plane to flee Vietnam. It was like taking a leap into the unknown.”
Betty Nguyen Husband
Nguyen announced she was expecting her first child in July 2015. On December 15, 2015, Thomas arrived. She also mentioned that she had had a miscarriage in the past.
How much does Betty Nguyen make? – Net Worth
Nguyen has an estimated net worth of $2 Million.
What happened Betty Nguyen? – Career
Nguyen earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Texas at Austin magna cum laude. She came to WPIX after anchoring “Early Today” and “First Look” on NBC and MSNBC. She was also a contributor to the Today Parenting Team, NBC’s multiplatform community for working moms, as well as a correspondent for “The Today Show” and a fill-in news anchor for “Weekend Today.” Nguyen previously worked as a news anchor for “CBS This Morning Saturday,” an anchor for “The CBS Morning News,” and a correspondent for “The Early Show.” Nguyen previously hosted the weekend edition of “CNN Newsroom” before joining CBS News.
Nguyen won Peabody and Alfred I. DuPont awards for her coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami in South Asia. Nguyen was inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame in 2015. Nguyen was named to the Asian Hall of Fame in 2015. Nguyen was honored by the Smithsonian Institute in 2007 for being the first Vietnamese-American woman to anchor a national television news program in the United States. The Betty Nguyen Journalism Scholarship was established at her alma mater in 2007 to help students interested in pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. She is a volunteer for a charity and the co-founder of Help the Hungry, a non-profit organization that provides humanitarian aid to impoverished families.
