Background
Golodryga was born in 1978 to a working class Jewish family in Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Bianna Golodryga
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University of Texas at Austin.
Career
She was previously co-anchor of the weekend edition of American Broadcasting Company"s Good Morning America. In 1980, her family moved to Houston, Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, with a degree in Russian/East European & Eurasian studies and a minor in economics.
She is fluent in Russian.
Golodryga began her career in television as a producer at Consumer News and Business Channel before becoming an on-air correspondent there. Prior to Consumer News and Business Channel, she worked in the financial services industry.
In 2004, Golodryga was named one of the top journalists under the age of 30. She was a correspondent for American Broadcasting Company between 2007 and 2010, and was named co-anchor of the weekend edition of Good Morning America in May 2010, following the departure of former co-anchor Kate Snow, who went to work for National Broadcasting Company. She served as weekend co-anchor of Good Morning America until August 4, 2014, when she departed for Yahoo.
She has guest-hosted on Way Too Early and is a regular contributor to Morning Joe on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company. In April 2013, Golodryga was the first person to interview Anzor Tsarnaev, the father of "Boston Bomber" Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Membership
Golodryga is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
