Mariana van Zeller is a Peabody Award-winning Portuguese journalist and correspondent for National Geographic Channel. She is also a chief correspondent for Fusion and is a former correspondent for the Vanguard documentary series on the former Current TV.
Zeller is 45 years old as of 2021. She was born on May 7th, 1976 in Cascais, Portugal. In addition, she celebrates her birthday on May 7th every year.
She became an American citizen on March 17, 2015.
Van Zeller stands at an average height. She appears to be quite tall in stature if her photos, relative to her surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding her actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.
Van Zeller studied international relations at the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa. After graduation, she says she spent two years working at SIC, which was at that time the first and largest Portuguese private television network. She began working in the travel and international departments of the main networks channel and later joined SIC Notícias, the network’s news channel.
She applied for a master’s degree at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism three times: her first application was rejected, and her second was wait-listed. According to van Zeller herself, after her third application, in 2001, she flew to New York City and knocked on the dean’s door, explaining her dream of becoming a journalist in the United States. The dean was impressed, according to her, and allowed her to enroll.
One month after she moved to New York City, the September 11 attacks took place. She was contacted that morning by a producer from SIC Notícias, where she had previously interned and was directed to meet a news crew atop the CBS Building in Midtown Manhattan, where she would go live in three hours. Before going on air, she was told, “Prepare yourself. The whole of Portugal is watching you.”
After receiving her degree from Columbia, van Zeller moved to London to work for a documentary producer, with hopes of covering the Iraq War. With London as her new base, she studied Arabic at Damascus University in Syria in order to better seek out stories in the Middle East. Over the next two years, her freelance documentaries from Syria appeared on PBS’s Frontline/World, the CBC, and Channel 4 (United Kingdom). In 2005, she joined Current TV as a correspondent and producer for the Vanguard documentary series.
Van Zeller claims fluency in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, and French. She also speaks some Arabic.
Mariana was born and raised by her parents in Cascais, Portugal. Mariana is the loving daughter of Eduardo van Zeller, her father, and Marta Filomena de Bettencourt, her mother. She also has five siblings, that is, three sisters and two brothers.
Van Zeller is married to her former Columbia classmate Darren Foster, who is a series producer and director with National Geographic Channel. In July 2010, she gave birth to their first child, a son named Vasco.
Details pertaining to her annual earnings are currently unavailable. This information is however currently under review and will soon be updated.
Mariana’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million dollars. This includes her assets, money, and income. Her primary source of income is her career as a journalist and correspondent. Through her various sources of income, she has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Mariana.
One month after she moved to New York City, the September 11 attacks took place. She was contacted that morning by a producer from SIC Notícias, where she had previously interned and was directed to meet a news crew atop the CBS Building in Midtown Manhattan, where she would go live in three hours. Before going on air, she was told, “Prepare yourself. The whole of Portugal is watching you.”
After receiving her degree from Columbia, van Zeller moved to London to work for a documentary producer, with hopes of covering the Iraq War. With London as her new base, she studied Arabic at Damascus University in Syria in order to better seek out stories in the Middle East. Over the next two years, her freelance documentaries from Syria appeared on PBS’s Frontline/World, the CBC, and Channel 4 (United Kingdom). In 2005, she joined Current TV as a correspondent and producer for the Vanguard documentary series.
Van Zeller claims fluency in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, and French. She also speaks some Arabic.
Zeller is a Peabody Award-winning Portuguese journalist and correspondent for National Geographic Channel. She is also a chief correspondent for Fusion and is a former correspondent for the Vanguard documentary series on the former Current TV.
Van Zeller stands at an average height. She appears to be quite tall in stature if her photos, relative to her surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding her actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.
Details pertaining to her annual earnings are currently unavailable. This information is however currently under review and will soon be updated.
Van Zeller is married to her former Columbia classmate Darren Foster, who is a series producer and director with National Geographic Channel. In July 2010, she gave birth to their first child, a son named Vasco.
Mariana’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million dollars. This includes her assets, money, and income. Her primary source of income is her career as a journalist and correspondent. Through her various sources of income, she has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Details pertaining to her annual earnings are currently unavailable. This information is however currently under review and will soon be updated.
Because of security reasons, Mariana has not shared her precise location of residence. We will update this information if we get the location and images of her house.
Mariana is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of her being sick or having any health-related issues.
To get her latest updates, visit her official social media accounts listed below.
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