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| Born | María Janeth Molina April 7, 1987 Nicaragua |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Meteorology |
| Alma mater | Florida State University ( BS) Central Michigan University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Meteorologist |
| Employer | Fox News |
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Maria Janeth Molina (born April 7, 1987) is an American meteorologist. She was the on-air meteorologist for the Fox News Channel, a U.S. television network, from 2010 to 2016. [1] As of 2022 [update] she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland, College Park. [2]
Early life
Molina was born in Nicaragua and grew up in Hialeah, Florida. [3] [4] She is a graduate of Barbara Goleman Senior High School. [3] She attributes her interest in meteorology to her experience with Category 5 Hurricane Andrew, which hit her hometown in South Florida when she was 5 years old. [5]
Education
Molina graduated cum laude from Florida State University in 2008, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology and minors in mathematics and communications. [1] [6] While at Florida State University, she completed the University Honors Program and the Honors in the Major Program requirements. [7]
Additionally, she graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2015 with a Masters of Arts degree in Climate and Society. [7]
She earned her PhD from Central Michigan University in the Earth and Ecosystem Science Doctoral Program, where she was also a graduate research assistant. [8] [9]
Career
Molina has earned the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation from the American Meteorological Society (AMS). [1]
Molina joined Fox News in October 2010. [1] She provided weather updates on many Fox shows and appeared regularly on the FOX & Friends morning show, [1] until leaving the station for graduate school in September 2016. [8] She was credited as being the youngest meteorologist on cable in 2012. [6] While at Fox News, she also appeared on the Fox Business, Fox News Radio, Fox News Latino, and Fox Sports Networks. [7]
She served as a part-time meteorologist at WJBK Fox2 in Detroit mainly on weekend newscasts while pursuing her doctoral degree in Michigan. [10]
Prior to Fox News, Molina was a bilingual TV meteorologist for AccuWeather in State College, Pennsylvania, for which she provided weather forecasts in both English and Spanish. [1]
She was an Advanced Study Program (ASP) postdoctoral fellow at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. [9]
Personal life
In December 2015, she married stormchaser Reed Timmer at the Masaya Volcano National Park in Nicaragua. They divorced in 2018. [11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Maria Molina | Biography". Fox News Channel. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
- ^ "Maria Molina". Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science. University of Maryland. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ a b "Sunny Forecast for Meteorologist". The Miami Herald. October 7, 2014.
- ^ "Get to know Maria Molina! – FOX News Weather Blog". Fox News Channel. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
- ^ Tejeda, Valerie (April 2, 2013). "Inspiring Latina of the Week: Meteorologist Maria Molina". Latina. Archived from the original on September 19, 2017.
- ^ a b Chávez, Krystyna (September 20, 2012). "Interview With News Anchor Maria Molina". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
- ^ a b c [1] [ dead link]
- ^ a b "WATCH: Maria Molina Says Goodbye to Fox News to Pursue PhD". Fox News Insider. September 6, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "Maria Molina | staff.ucar.edu".
- ^ Joyella, Mark (August 25, 2016). "Maria Molina Leaving Fox & Friends". Adweek.
- ^ Kaczmarczyk, Jeffrey (December 30, 2015). "Storm chaser Reed Timmer, Maria Molina wed near active volcano". The Grand Rapids Press.
External links
- Maria Molina at IMDb
- Maria Molina on Twitter
- Living people
- Television personalities from Florida
- American television weather presenters
- Fox News people
- Florida State University alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Nicaraguan emigrants to the United States
- 1987 births
- Scientists from Florida
- Hispanic and Latino American women journalists
- 21st-century American women
- People from Hialeah, Florida