So Money With Farnoosh Torabi

I have a question for you. How old were you when you discovered what you wanted to be in life when you were all grown up? I think I was maybe 11 or 12, I knew I wanted to go into news and journalism but then I got sidetracked and I did finance but hey, I found my way back. My guest today remembers vividly at three years old that she wanted to be a television anchor. And she did become a television anchor but it wasn’t without challenge. I first encountered Joya Dass when I was a graduate student interning at CNN. It was an incredible internship. I had a chance to go backstage at New York Fashion Week. I had a chance to work closely with some amazingly talented journalists and I got a chance to watch from the sidelines how anchors like Joya prepared for live shows and reported on stories from oil markets to student loans. Joya Dass is one of the first South Asian females to be seen on mainstream television in the United States. She’s been a business anchor for major networks for the last 15 years including CNN