Her father is Filipino and he immigrated to the States to pursue a career in medicine and her mother is of German-Hungarian descent. |
Victoria has 3 sisters and 2 brothers. |
She began using an Apple II computer at the age of 10 while in the 4th Grade. |
She attended Cor Jesu Academy high school in St. Louis, MO where she first became interested in journalism. |
In 1996 Victoria joined KPLR-TV St. Louis 11 News at Nine as general assignment as a general assignment reporter and host covering mostly entertainment and feature stories. |
While working at KPLR TV in St. Louis Victoria won two Emmy awards. |
She graduated from Loyola University Chicago in only 3 years as magna cum laude, earning a bachelor's degree in mass communications with an emphasis in journalism, TV, film, and radio. |
From 1998 to 2001 she was an anchor for ZDTV News, which was later renamed to TechTV News. |
While with ZDTV, the news show earned a 2000 Computer Press Award for Best Overall Video Show. |
After leaving ZDTV in 2001 she worked as an anchor and reporter for KNTV which is an NBC affiliate in San Francisco. |