“What are you?” has followed Sunny Hostin the Emmy Award-winner and co-host of The View from the beginning of her story.
Growing up half Puerto Rican she overcame the turbulence of her early life through hard work, a bit of luck and earning academic scholarships to college and law school, Sunny immersed herself in the workings of the criminal justice system. In Washington, D.C., becoming a federal prosecutor, soon parlaying her knowledge of the legal system into a successful career as a legal journalist. She was one of the first national reporters to cover Trayvon Martin’s death—which her producers erroneously labeled “just a local story.”
Sunny now uses her platform to advocate for social justice give a voice to the marginalized. It’s the story of a woman living between two worlds, and learning to bridge them together to fight for what’s right. Join her as she discusses her new book: I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds in a not to be missed conversation with her View cohost Meghan McCain.
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