Angela hosts the Webby Award winning daily “Yahoo! Sports Minute” seen by millions online; In the first week, one of her shows had 3.5 million hits! She also anchors “Court Report” on Tennis Channel, AT&T U-Verse Sports, and NBC’s “1st Look”, where she was nominated for a 2011 Emmy award. When she is not in front of the camera, she is behind the scenes in post-production directing and producing her first feature length documentary, and also a contributing writer for travel website wandermelon.com.
Destined to shine, her bright personality, experience, and sunny disposition led Angela to become ESPN first Asian American Female correspondent as well as The Tennis Channel’s first Asian-American anchor breaking boundaries in the world of sports media. She has reported from the top of the mega-ramp at the X Games, to the fresh powder for Yahoo! Sports at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. From star-studded red carpet events for E! and MTV, to a gritty, remote village in China for Current TV’s “Vanguard” series, Angela calls all of it home.
ADVENTURE TRAVELER
Chasing sharks. Kissing stingrays. Tasting bugs. All things that are normal fare in Angela’s world. As host of NBC’s national show LXTV: FIRST LOOK Angela explored exotic Hong Kong; as well as all around Los Angeles, celebrating fashion, cuisine, culture, and all things luxurious for the high-end newsmagazine. She is one of the faces of MTV’s newest global venture, MTV IGGY. Angela hosted “InnerView” (a one-on-one show with top global figures and trendsetters) as well as hosting the “MTV IGGY” show airing on MTV channels worldwide. As a producer, Angela has been in the field for MTV News and Germany’s Pro Sieben Network.
A proud Bruin, Angela graduated from UCLA and studied abroad at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. She has conducted field research on the Great Barrier Reef as well as surveyed the reefs of the Andaman Sea. Angela was one of the few selected as citizen marine biologists for the Malibu Reef Check internship program in Thailand, becoming a certified EcoDiver in November 2009. She speaks Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and some German. On her spare time, she has traveled to over 40 countries and counting, hoping to fill her third passport soon with new stories and adventures behind each stamp.
DOCU-JOURNALIST
As a host and correspondent for Al Gore’s Emmy Award-winning Current TV from 2005-2007, Angela also produced, shot, and wrote her own stories. Her international work includes countries 
such as the Philippines, Australia, China, and Guatemala just to name a few. Whether it be discussing women’s status in China; investigating coffee as a commodity; looking at terrorism’s affect on tourism in Palawan; the dangers of binge drinking in Europe; or shedding light on the myths behind STDs; Angela’s journalistic sensibilities and news background (Channel One News) guide her storytelling. In 2006, Her 3 part documentary series for Current TV about Underground Christian Missionaries in China won a Telly Award. Never one to sit still, she is currently executive-producing and directing an environmental documentary series on our oceans.
SPORTS LOVER
Born in Northern California, playing outdoors was not an option, it was a way of life. Angela’s love of sport, determination, and competitive spirit helped her thrive in volleyball, basketball, and softball throughout high school. Always blazing her own path, she decided to teach herself how to surf when most of the line-up was dominated by men. Also a self-taught snowboarder and skateboarder, this native Californian brings with her over 18 years of action sports experience. Angela has competed in pro/am events, was a team rider for Loaded Skateboards, and has been product sponsored by Oakley, Vans, Reef, Roxy, Billabong, Rip Curl, and Fox Racing.
Angela served as lead correspondent on Fox Sports Net’s “54321″ and “FSN’s DIG!” volleyball newsmagazine show, which then led to reporting for “X Center” for The X Games on ESPN2. Sports and entertainment collided at ESPN Hollywood, where Angela hit the red carpets, premieres, and awards shows, to interview the top athletes in the world. Angela continued her duties for the X Games through 2008. Angela joined The Tennis Channel in 2009 as anchor of “The Court Report” news program added hosting for Yahoo! Sports in 2010. Within the first week of hosting the Yahoo! Sports Minute she received 3.5 million hits on one show! She covered the 2010 Winter Olympics for Yahoo! Sports and GrindTV live from Vancouver. In addition she hosts for AT&T U-Verse Sports and ESPN International special projects.
NEW MEDIA
Growing up in Silicon Valley, California, it is only natural that Angela is a self-confessed tech geek, with enough gadgets to start a store. Game on! Angela also hosted Playstation Underground for Sony at E3 and worked for XBOX Live. She is at the forefront of New Media recently hosting online for E! News Now, EXPN.com, ESPN360.com, MTV Iggy, GrindTV, Yahoo!, Lat34, Sportnet, AOL, and Google Current.
In addition to hosting, Angela has been in feature films (Shackles, Street Kings, A Perfect Getaway), as well as various commercial and print campaigns for companies such as AT&T, Hewlett Packard, and Honda. Angela continues to make guest appearances on Fox Business News Channel, USA Today, as well as other media outlets.
Angela is an active member of the Asian American Journalists Association, American Democracy Institute’s Young Leaders Program, and volunteers with Boarding House Mentors, teaching at-risk youth how to surf and snowboard. Sometimes she finds time to sleep.
