24 Facts About Christine Chen

Christine L Chen was born on 1968 and is an American journalist.

Christine Chen is a senior corporate communications executive, formerly running a marketing-communications-public relations agency in Seattle, Washington with clients such as Microsoft, World Vision, and Susan G Komen.

Currently, Christine Chen is an entrepreneur at Christine Chen Communications, based in New York City, producing and tech webcasting for BlackBerry.

Christine Chen is the creator of the blog Xbox Bride, an accounting of the social ramifications of wedding a non-video gamer with an avid gamer.

Christine Chen's father was the first Asian Senior Vice President of Bank of America.

Christine Chen graduated from Miramonte High School in 1986, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in English and mass communication in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Christine Chen is married to Richard Velazquez, a nationally recognized leader in the Hispanic community and technology and business executive.

Christine Chen's career began as a writer and producer for the News Travel Network in 1990 after graduation from the University of California, Berkeley.

Christine Chen worked in Great Falls for two years and during that time, she was selected by CBS News in New York to be part of an elite group of five journalists nationwide in the CBS Minority Correspondent Apprentice two-year program.

Christine Chen moved to Seattle, Washington in 1995 to accept a new position as a reporter and anchor for KSTW, a CBS and UPN affiliate station.

In 2000, KCPQ launched Mornings Live on Q, and Christine Chen was promoted to anchor and served as the launch host.

In 2000, Christine Chen was nominated for another Emmy by the NATAS Northwest Regional Chapter for Individual Achievement as News Anchor.

Christine Chen was anchoring Q13 Fox News This Morning on September 11,2001.

On June 15,2002, Christine Chen received the NATAS Northwest Chapter Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in the News Anchor category during their 39th annual ceremony for 2001.

Christine Chen was nominated for an Emmy award each year from 2000 to 2006 for Individual Achievement in the News Anchor category for the NATAS Northwest Regional Chapter.

In 2004, Christine Chen moved to the anchor position for Q13 Fox News @ 10.

In 2007, Chen launched a new business and personal finance show on KCTS, the PBS station in Seattle, called About the Money with Christine Chen, serving as the launch host and anchor.

In 2007, Christine Chen formed her own marketing communications consulting group, Christine Chen Communications LLC She offered media and communications consulting ranging from messaging strategy to public relations, corporate communications infrastructure to internal communications.

Christine Chen has delivered keynote speeches on the topics of communications, media, business ownership and execution, as well as enabling personal and professional change through developing self-awareness.

Christine Chen presented a combined session to the US Small Business Administration and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce for the WNET on May 15,2008, entitled "Networking 101: Leveraging Connections in Person and Online".

Christine Chen emceed the 2007 Induction Ceremony for the Asian Hall of Fame on April 26,2007 at the Asian Resource Center in Seattle.

Christine Chen had a cameo role in the 2007 award-winning independent film Fortune Hunters, portrayed a newscaster Maureen Yandle in Lifetime movie An Upstanding Citizen, and played both city council person and monorail rider in the only Seattle-filmed episode of Frasier, "Frasier Crane Day".

Christine Chen appeared in a scene in the documentary The King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters.

Christine Chen returned to doing sporadic commercial work after a 10-year hiatus.