Lisa Ling is widely acknowledged as a co-host of ABC's The View, a host of National Geographic Explorer and This Is Life with Lisa Ling. As an executive producer of CNN's show, This Is Life with Lisa Ling; she presents her viewers with unconventional segments of society of the United States in each episode. The series won a Grace Award in 2017.
Besides, Lisa Ling hosts This Is Sex with Lisa Ling, and This Is Birth with Lisa Ling. More About Lisa Ling is Below!!
Lisa Ling's Early Life And Family
Lisa Ling, 48, was born on 30 August 1973 in Sacramento, California, in the United States. In the family, she grew up with her sister, Laura Ling, who is a correspondent for Oprah Winfrey Show.
Lisa hails from mixed ethnicity, whereas her mother, Mary Mei-yan (née Wang), is Taiwanese. Mary Mei was the head of the Los Angeles office of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs. Her father, Chung Teh "Douglas" Ling, is a Chinese Immigrant.
Lisa and Laura Ling were raised by their father in Sacramento after their parents divorced. She was only seven when her parents separated.
Later, Lisa Ling attended Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California before joining the University of California.
Lisa Ling's Married Life With Husband Paul Song
Lisa Ling is currently married to her husband, Paul Song, a radiation oncologist. Ling and her spouse tied a knot back on 26 May 2007 and are together for twenty-three years. Their wedding came four months after their engagement in February 2007 and started a new life happily.
They were expecting their first child in 2010; however, Ling suffered a miscarriage back in June 2010 following her seven weeks of pregnancy. Three years later, she welcomed a daughter named Jett Ling Song with Paul Song in 2013.
Likewise, the lovebirds have another daughter named Ray Ling Song (b. 6 June 2016).
Lisa Ling and her family (©: People)
Lisa Ling and Paul Song have been cherishing their romantic bond happily ever since they first met through their mutual friend.
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Before Paul, Ling was engaged to Philip Levine, a businessman. They got engaged on 5 February 2005, which lasted for a few months only. In September 2005, Lisa Ling and Philip Levine broke their engagement and moved on from one another.
How Much Is Lisa Ling's Net Worth?
Lisa Ling, through her career as an American journalist, has accumulated a net worth of $10 million.
Lisa Ling started her career as one of four hosts of Scratch. Later, she joined Channel One News as a reporter and anchor and became the youngest one of the channels. She was just 18 at the time she started.
She also joined as the co-host of ABC's The View in 1999 and served three years before she began her international coverage of journalism. Besides that, she also hosted the National Geographic Ultimate Explorer. Some of her notable works include the coverage of the drug war in Columbia, the investigation of MS-13 Gang, and coverage of the US Prison Culture.
Later, she became the correspondent of the Oprah Winfrey Show. She got featured in the second episode of CNN's award-winning documentary, Planet in Peril. Lisa Ling is also a host of her own show on CNN, a documentary series, This is Life with Lisa Ling.