Born on December 13, 1970, un Dong Ha, Vietnam, Leyna Nguyen shifted to America as a refugee in 1975 and spent most of her childhood days in Burnsville MN. She has two elder brothers.She went to Webster University in St. Louis and graduated with a degree in Mass communication. Along with her studies in the Webster University, she worked as a substitute teacher and was also working for the Jazz Radio Station WEBU. In her spare time, she likes to cook, and she is a musician also. She is trained in martial arts and also likes paragliding.
Her promising career started when she started working at CBS affiliate WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia. She then went on to work as an anchor for the KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California. She also hosted a show based on the issues involving Asia and America on the same channel. She then started working with KCAL in 1997 and is now the anchor of the TV night newscast form 4 pm to 9 pm.
Her work is highly appreciated worldwide and she was nominated for an Emmy Award and was the winner of Emmy award for three times, first for the 20th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, the second for her story about an organ transplant for a boy, and the third time she won for the Best News Feature Reporter. She is also the only reporter to work for two stations KCBS and KCAL-TV in the same market.
She along with Casey Kasem is the host of the yearly Jerry Lewis Day Telethon, and she is also known to host the Southern California Olympic Summer Games with James Worthy.
Leyna Nguyen was also the winner of the 1987 Miss Asia competition and has worked on several television shows. She often works with the Vietnamese Entertainment industry can be seen in numerous movies. She has played supporting as well as minor roles in many television shows and films which include Austin Powers, NCIS, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Boston Legal.
She is an active philanthropist and is also the founder of the Love Across The Ocean Foundation which works for the underprivileged children. Her foundation also works for the betterment and assistance of the refugees living in South California. She is also the recipient of the YWCA Woman of the Year award in 1996. She was also selected in the 25 Most Influential Vietnamese-Americans in 2000. The California State Legislature also awarded her the Woman of the Year in 2011 for her great work. When is not working, she is known to host a lot of charity events.
She is married to Michael Muriano, and their wedding took place in 2005. They are proud parents of two children, and very little is known about her kids. In 2013, she was rumoured to have an affair with Kato Kaelin, an American television personality, but these rumours are not confirmed from any reliable source. According to her biography, her salary is around $175,000 per annum, and her net worth is $500 thousand dollars.
| Birth Date: | 3 Dec, 1969 |
| Age: | 50 yrs |
| Occupations: | Journalist |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Đông Hà |
| residence: | Los Angeles |
| Education: | Webster University |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American television personality |
| Net Worth 2021: | 1 million |
