Asunción Cummings Hostin (/ˈhÉ'stɪn/; born October 20, 1968), known
professionally as Sunny Hostin, is an American lawyer, journalist, and
television host. Hostin is co-host on ABC's morning talk show The View
as well as the Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst for ABC News.
She is also the host and executive producer of Investigation
Discovery's true crime series Truth About Murder with Sunny
Hostin.Hostin was born on October 20, 1968 in New York City to a
Puerto Rican mother, Rosa Beza, and an African American father,
William Cummings. Hostin was raised in The Bronx, New York City,
attended the all-girls Dominican Academy, and is bilingual in English
and Spanish. She received her B.A. degree in English and Rhetoric from
Binghamton University and her J.D. degree from Notre Dame Law
School.Hostin began her career as a law clerk to retired Chief Judge
of the Maryland Court of Appeals Robert M. Bell and later became a
trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.
Hostin left the Antitrust Division to become a federal prosecutor,
specializing in child sex crimes. Hostin was awarded a Special
Achievement Award for her successful prosecution of sex offenders.
Hostin was also a Managing Director of Business Intelligence and
Investigations at Kroll, the world’s leading risk-consulting
company, where she led groups of investigators all over the world to
investigate and uncover fraud.
professionally as Sunny Hostin, is an American lawyer, journalist, and
television host. Hostin is co-host on ABC's morning talk show The View
as well as the Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst for ABC News.
She is also the host and executive producer of Investigation
Discovery's true crime series Truth About Murder with Sunny
Hostin.Hostin was born on October 20, 1968 in New York City to a
Puerto Rican mother, Rosa Beza, and an African American father,
William Cummings. Hostin was raised in The Bronx, New York City,
attended the all-girls Dominican Academy, and is bilingual in English
and Spanish. She received her B.A. degree in English and Rhetoric from
Binghamton University and her J.D. degree from Notre Dame Law
School.Hostin began her career as a law clerk to retired Chief Judge
of the Maryland Court of Appeals Robert M. Bell and later became a
trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.
Hostin left the Antitrust Division to become a federal prosecutor,
specializing in child sex crimes. Hostin was awarded a Special
Achievement Award for her successful prosecution of sex offenders.
Hostin was also a Managing Director of Business Intelligence and
Investigations at Kroll, the world’s leading risk-consulting
company, where she led groups of investigators all over the world to
investigate and uncover fraud.
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