Education
Peltz graduated from The Dalton School in New York City, and then went to Brown University and then to Columbia for a Masters in Public Health. In 2008, she left W National Broadcasting Company to attend medical school.
Peltz graduated from The Dalton School in New York City, and then went to Brown University and then to Columbia for a Masters in Public Health. In 2008, she left W National Broadcasting Company to attend medical school.
Peltz"s worked at W National Broadcasting Company from 1987 to 1996 where she co-anchored Weekend Today in New York with Ken Taylor and weekend editions of News 4 New York at 6 and 11 with Ralph Penza. Peltz joined Dateline National Broadcasting Company for two years. During that period, she often anchored live news coverage on National Broadcasting Company"s 24-hour cable news television channel Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company. She then worked for American Broadcasting Company"s 20/20 for two years until she moved to Cable News Network where she stayed until 2002.
Peltz left Cable News Network to produce a feature film, Knights of the South Bronx starring Ted Danson.
The film was based on the real-life story of a middle school chess team from the South Bronx that became national chess champions. The film aired on the A&East Network.
Peltz then went to work for the Robin Hood foundation in New York City. Robin Hood is a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting poverty.
While at Robin Hood, Peltz wanted to tell the stories of the people who were working on the front lines in the war against poverty.
In 2005 she rejoined W National Broadcasting Company after a nine-year absence to co-anchor Live at Five with Sue Simmons. She returned to W National Broadcasting Company to report on those people and the differences they were making. She also anchored Live at Five with Sue Simmons from May 31, 2005, until March 12, 2007, when she began hosting her own half-hour lifestyle broadcast titled News 4 You.
The program was part of W National Broadcasting Company"s attempt to boost ratings and features stories from the consumer, health and entertainment worlds.
On September 10, 2007, W National Broadcasting Company cancelled News 4 You. Peltz continued to report both for W National Broadcasting Company and for National Broadcasting Company Network on people who were making a difference.