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" \n As the youngest weatherwoman on cable for Fox News, 25-year-old Maria Molina already had our attention. She&amp;#039;s fun, sexy, and interactive with her viewers \u2014 she tweets and Facebooks with them (@FoxMariaMolina) \u2014 and she&amp;#039;s still in grad school at Columbia! Now, Molina has taken her talent to the next level. As the new face of Fox News Latino, she&amp;#039;ll be covering politics, lifestyle, and other topics with daily videos with the same funny, smart, and stylish flair we&amp;#039;re used to. Congrats to our new favorite Nicarag\u00FCense!! We reached out to her to get some tips on how we can steal her life ... or at least break into this super cool career. When and how did you get your start? I graduated in 2008 (from FSU with a degree in Meteorology), and wanted to go straight to news and weather but the recession didn&amp;#039;t allow. I moved back home and became a science teacher for a year. At end of the year, I researched and applied for a position as a meteorologist for AccuWeather in Pennsylvania. I was thrilled when they gave me the opportunity. It was completely different weather, I was not used to winter. It was hard, I had to make new friends, and missed my mom&amp;#039;s cooking. The little things get tough but you need to move away, you have to succeed and do what you need to do. What does being Latina mean to you? I was born there (Nicaragua), I have deep ties I go back a lot, the people, the food the culture, it is totally different and intense. Everybody takes you in. But I am also American, not 100 percent Latino but not 100 percent American. What do you think was the biggest challenge breaking in? Not just in TV, but it&amp;#039;s that catch-22: I have no experience but you want someone with experience. But if you don&amp;#039;t give me the job I&amp;#039;ll never get the experience. You want to work and make a living and move forward with your life, and it is extremely difficult at first. What&amp;#039;s your advice for young Latinas hoping to break into a hot career? Do what you want to do and don&amp;#039;t let anyone tell you that you can&amp;#039;t do it. If you want to be an actress, do it. That way, every single day doesn&amp;#039;t feel like, &amp;quot;Ugh, I&amp;#039;m going to work.&amp;quot; Jobs are a big part of our lives; 40 hours is a big chunk of our life we should try to be happy in. Don&amp;#039;t give up even if it&amp;#039;s tough to get the job initially! What advice would you give to women going into meteorology? In the past it has been more male-dominated, but there are more opportunities for women. You have to study a lot of math and science, including advanced calculus! There are a lot of long hours, and as a woman, it can be hard to balance a career and family as your career advances. TV is very hard, you need to be persistent. It takes a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck getting in the door. But if you love studying the weather, you can do a lot, including becoming a research meteorologist, or working at a government agency. It&amp;#039;s not just about TV! Check out Maria&amp;#039;s latest video by clicking here!! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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