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Pemmarju was born in India, and her family moved to San Antonio, Texas when she was 6 years old, according to The Boston Globe. Her interest in journalism started at a young age; she tracked world news she saw on TV in a personal diary, and her grandfather was a newspaper publisher, The Boston Globe notes. Pemmarju graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio with a degree in political science and government, according to her LinkedIn.
Uma Pemmaraju was an award-winning journalist
She told The Boston Globe in 1993 what it was about her career as a reporter and newscaster that was most meaningful to her, saying, “I’m a conduit to help other people. I don’t want to sound too sentimental. But that’s what I’m about. I want to use my celebrity to help people, to help bring about something that needs to be done.”
