Maria Molina
Maria Molina | |
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| Born | María Janeth Molina April 7, 1987 Nicaragua |
| Education | Meteorology |
| Alma mater | Florida State University (BS) Central Michigan University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Meteorologist |
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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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
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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
[edit | edit source]In December 2015, she married storm chaser Reed Timmer at the Masaya Volcano National Park in Nicaragua but the two would end up divorcing in 2017 according to Reed.[11]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Maria Molina at IMDb
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- 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