Wendy Chioji

Wendy Chioji is an American news anchor/reporter for NBC-TV affiliate WESH-TV, Channel 2 in Orlando, Florida.

Biography

Wendy was born in Oxnard, California, but grew up primarily in Silver Spring, Maryland. She went to college at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Miss Chioji has been with the station since 1988 as a reporter and an anchor.

Some of her best work was covering the pope's visit to Cuba in 1998, the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002, 12 hours of live reporting of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, and continuous coverage of the hurricanes in 2006.

Wendy won an Emmy award as part of a team that put together a WESH 2 News special report titled "A Heroin Emergency."

Personal life and interests

Wendy is active in many community causes. She's an officer of the board of Canine Companions for Independence, an agency that trains and provides service dogs for the disabled.

She is also on the advisory boards of the Hope and Help Center, a Central Florida AIDS service organization, and the Ripple Effect, an agency that helps homeless people.

She also does a lot of fundraising and volunteer work for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Tour of Hope. Two of her three cats (Spalding and Smudge) are from the Orange County SPCA. The third (Pee Wee) wandered into her backyard and refused to leave, so Wendy gave up and invited her in the house.

An avid runner who has competed in numerous run events, including the Boston Marathon and Disney Marathon, Wendy is also a survivor of Stage II breast cancer. She was diagnosed and treated in 2001. Her life goal now is to make the most of her second chance by conquering challenges and living strong.

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