30 Facts About Ana Kasparian

Anahit Misak Kasparian is an American independent political commentator, media host, and journalist.

Ana Kasparian is a host and producer of the online news show The Young Turks, having begun working as a fill-in producer for the show in 2007.

Ana Kasparian appeared on the television version of the show that aired on Current TV.

Ana Kasparian formerly hosted The Point on the TYT Network and co-hosted a Jacobin YouTube show, Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila.

Ana Kasparian was raised in the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Ana Kasparian grew up speaking Armenian as her first language and started kindergarten without being able to speak a word of English.

Ana Kasparian has said watching Sesame Street as a child is what helped her to learn English quickly.

Ana Kasparian danced ballet from the age of three to the age of 19 and performed ballet professionally throughout those years.

Ana Kasparian completed her master's degree in political science in 2010.

Ana Kasparian said that she was lucky to be hired immediately after graduating, but did not like working for CBS Radio because mainstream media is "not fun" due to the "robotic work environment" where she could not say what she wanted on air or do stories that were important to her.

Ana Kasparian enrolled in a master's degree program as a "way out" of media.

Ana Kasparian has worked with AOL News, YouTube, TidalTv and On Point.

Ana Kasparian was first hired to do marketing but "weaseled" her way into doing on-air segments.

Ana Kasparian co-hosted TYT University, a show focused on issues faced by university students that ran from March 15,2011, to December 31,2014, where she first hosted with Jayar Jackson and then John Iadarola.

Ana Kasparian was the main host of another TYT Network show, The Point, which was a panel style show with a weekly round up of news stories.

Ana Kasparian became a part-time journalist and op-ed writer at The Raw Story news outlet in May 2015.

Ana Kasparian appeared on "Take Part Live" several times in 2014, sometimes as a guest and sometimes as a co-host.

Ana Kasparian is a weekly host on the Jacobin YouTube show Weekends, formerly co-hosted by Michael Brooks until his sudden death in July 2020.

In 2016, Ana Kasparian became involved in an exchange over the name with members of the Armenian Youth Federation during an appearance at California State University, Northridge.

Ana Kasparian has said that criticism of the name has led to harassment of her; in a 2020 Twitter exchange, she accused a critic of the name of perpetuating "the same lies over and over again, which of course directs harassment and disinformation toward me".

Ana Kasparian described herself as an atheist who pushes for progressive values.

Ana Kasparian wants criminal justice reform and has been a critic of private and for-profit prisons, calling them "hideous institutions".

Ana Kasparian argues that these institutions create a financial incentive to keep more people in prison for longer periods of time, rather than working to rehabilitate and reintegrate them into society.

Ana Kasparian has advocated for campaign finance reform in order to get money out of politics.

Ana Kasparian believes in free education for the United States and affordable housing, based on her belief that access to education should be a basic right for all citizens regardless of their socio-economic background.

Ana Kasparian believes everyone should have access to decent, safe, and affordable housing.

Ana Kasparian wrote in Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential election, reasoning that it would not matter because she lives in the reliably Democratic-voting California.

Ana Kasparian is critical of California governor Gavin Newsom and the Democrats in the California State Legislature for what she considers "soft-on-crime" politics.

Ana Kasparian referred to Democratic legislators in California as "grifters" due to perceiving hypocrisy in their stance on immigration.

In November 2015, Ana Kasparian married Minor League Baseball player, model, and actor Christian Lopez.