 Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Janet Shamlian grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois.Shamlian graduated from Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Illinois, and received a bachelor's degree in Journalism, from the Missouri School of Journalism, where she was the commencement speaker in 2016.In her time at CBS News, she has reported on the mass shootings at the El Paso Walmart and Gilroy Garlic Festival and the California fires.