Kiran Chetry

Kiran Chetry
Kiran Chetry at the Fandomonium Panel in June 2010
Born	Kiran Carrie Chetry (1974-08-26) August 26, 1974 (age 42) Patan, Bagmati, Nepal
Education	University of Maryland, College Park
Spouse(s)	formerly Chris Knowles - divorced 2013
Children	2

Kiran Carrie Chetry (Nepali: किरण क्षेत्री, born August 26, 1974) is a Nepali-born former American television broadcast journalist who, until 2011, was a cable news anchor for CNN's American Morning. From 2001 to 2007 she reported – and then anchored – cable news at Fox News.

Kiran (Sanskrit: किरण, kiraņ) means "ray of light".

Kiran was born in Patan Hospital (Shanta Bhawan), Patan, Nepal. Seven months later her parents moved their new family to the United States. Her surname, Chetry, (Nepali: छेत्री, Chhetrĩ) refers to the large traditional caste of rulers and soldiers among Hindus in the Middle Hills of Nepal. Kiran's father Hom Chetry belongs to this caste and uses it as his surname. Kiran's mother Nancy is of Ukrainian, Dutch, and German ancestry. Her parents met while Nancy was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal. Kiran grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland and attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, where she served in student government, danced on the pom squad, and competed on the swim team. Upon graduation she enrolled at the University of Maryland, College Park's College of Journalism, where she joined the Alpha Pi chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority and received her Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism.