Leila Feinstein Biography
Leila Feinstein is a Thai-American television news anchor based in Los Angeles who was most recently employed by Tribune-owned KTLA. She joined KTLA full-time in March 2003.
How old is Leila Feinstein? – Age
She is 50 years old as of 4 February 2023. She was born in 1972 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
Leila Feinstein Family
Leila is of Jewish and Thai ancestry. Alan Shawn Feinstein, Leila’s father, founded the Feinstein Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing education and ending hunger. Dr. Pratarnporn Feinstein, a psychiatrist from Bangkok, Thailand, is her mother.
Leila Feinstein Husband
Chaka Forman has been her husband since June 19, 2004. They have two kids. She enjoys swimming, dancing, camping, and yoga, as well as spending time with her children.
Leila Feinstein Career
Leila became a full-time employee of KTLA in March 2003, after working as a freelance reporter and anchor for the station for two years. She is a co-anchor of KTLA prime news and has previously worked as a weekend sports anchor and a weekday news reporter for KTLA prime news. She won a Los Angeles Press Club Award and a Golden Mike Award for a story about a local quadriplegic surfer, as well as another Golden Mike for the KTLA News special “Access Asia.”
Leila previously worked as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor at KRON in San Francisco and BAY-TV in San Francisco and San Jose before joining KTLA. She also worked as a Fox Sports Net sideline reporter and as a general assignment reporter and weekend weather anchor at KCOY in Santa Maria. Leila worked at WSEE in Erie, Pennsylvania, as a general assignment reporter and weekend weather anchor.
While in school, Leila received a student Emmy Award for a report on police abuse of homeless people in New York City, as well as a fellowship from the Society of Professional Journalists. Leila volunteers extensively as a member of the Asian American Journalists Association, mentors teenagers, and works with victims of domestic violence. She appears at numerous KTLA-sponsored and open-to-public community events. She also volunteers in the community with deaf children and speaks Thai and French.
Leila Feinstein Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Leila Feinstein Salary
She earns an annual salary of $ 1 Million.