Shirin Rajaee Biography
Shirin Rajaee is an award-winning Iranian-American broadcast journalist who works for KOVR, CBS 13 in Sacramento, California, where she hosts the weekend news at 5 and 10 p.m. She began working at FOX 5 in January 2020.
How old is Rajaee? Age
Rajaee is 40 years old as of 2022. She was born on 17 January 1982 in Los Angeles, California in the United States of America. She celebrates her birthday on the 17th of January every year.
Shirin Rajaee Education
Rajaee graduated from Arcadia High School in 2000 and went on to the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Journalism in 2004.
Shirin Rajaee Height
How tall is Shirin? Rajaee stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68m) tall.
Shirin Rajaee Family | Parents
Shirin Rajaee was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to her parents, Mike Rajaee and Heidi Ravai both originally from Iran. Her father came to the U.S. to study at California State University, Los Angeles. Her mother graduated from the National University of Iran before moving to America. She’s of Iranian descent.
Who is Shirin Rajaee married to? Husband | Baby
She is happily married to Joe Khalil who proposed to her in front of the state Capitol, where they first met on reporting assignments. The two later tied the knot in 2020 in San Diego. They are proud parents to an amazing daughter.
Shirin Rajaee Career
Rajaee is an award-winning TV journalist who leads the weekend news at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on KOVR, CBS 13. Shirin has covered a wide range of issues, including the 2004 mass killings in Isla Vista, the Presidential elections, and the Santa Barbara Oil Spill, among others. Rajaee took her first professional step into a newsroom in 2008, when she acquired a position at CNN. She worked on Larry King Live, Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchel, and Showbiz Tonight as an assistant producer and assignment editor. At the time, the young woman worked as an entertainment anchor at PBC in Calabasas (Persian Broadcasting Company).
Rajaee moved joined the ABC News Santa Barbara affiliate, KEYT News Channel 3, after four years at CNN. She’s been a weekend and weekday news anchor for Sacramento’s CBS13 since 2015. In her career, the Emmy-nominated reporter has covered big news events such as the 2017 Las Vegas tragedy, the 2014 Isla Vista massacre, the Santa Barbara oil leak, and the 2016 election.
Rajaee volunteers for the American Heart Association, Dream Foundation, Pars Equality Center, Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and Iranian American Women Foundation in the local community.
Shirin Rajaee Net Worth
Shirin has an estimated net worth of around $250k.