Indra Petersons is an American meteorologist who is famous for her work with the television networks CNN and NBC. For many years now, Petersons has been working as a weather anchor for NBC. Moreover, she also worked for CNN’s “New Day” and later with KABC-TV while she was living in Los Angeles.
Indra has been famous for her amazing persona and presentation skills. She is a charming lady who has been the face behind the success of the NBC network. Let us now get to know a bit more about her, shall we?
Indra Petersons: Early Life and Education
Indra Valija Petersons was born on the 22nd of June, 1980, in Los Angeles. She was born to parents Dr. Viesturs T. Petersons and Silvija Petersons. Indra has two older siblings, Astra and Brita. Whilst very little is known about her early life, we do know that she is of Latvian descent but is American by nationality.
Now coming to her academics, Indra joined the La Canada High School in La Canada, Flintridge, California. Next, Petersons went on to join the University of Arizona and graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric Physics. Moreover, Indra minored in maths, physics, and business.
Indra Petersons: Career
Indra began her career in meteorology right after graduating from her university. She began working for KVIA in El Paso, Texas, in 2002. Later that same year, Indra was offered a job in KEYT in Santa Barbara, California. After spending just under a year with the network, she took up a new position at KABC, in LA where she spent almost 10 years.
However, things took a change for the better when Indra joined CNN for their show, “New Day”. Whilst at the network, Indra was able to establish herself as the chief meteorologist and was covering various weather segments for CNN Newsroom alongside, Errol Barnett. Whilst working with CNN, Indra was able to find a good deal of fame and slowly but surely turning into one of the more prominent journalists in the industry. In more recent years, Petersons has been working for NBC News, having left CNN. She is also the holder of an American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist certificate.
Indra Petersons: Personal Life
Now coming to the personal aspects of her life, Indra is married to Jake Wood, a former United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper. The two said their wedding vows on the 10th of August, 2013 and have been together ever since.
For the most part, very little is known about the life of Indra and Jake. The two have been very quiet about their relationship. They like to keep their life away from the eyes of the media. However, we have had reports suggesting that the couple likes to do a lot of traveling. Moreover, they also like to keep fit and hit the gym together.
Indra Petersons: Net Worth and Social Media
Indra has been working in the field of journalism for a relatively long time now. During this time, she has worked for many different broadcasters and has been able to establish herself as one of the more prominent names in the industry. Doing all that she does, the meteorologist has a net worth of $650,000. For such a young lady, she still has a long career ahead of her and is sure to earn a large fortune.
Indra is also pretty active on social media platforms. She likes to share some aspects of her professional life with her fans and is quite famous on Instagram. You can too find her on the platform under the handle @indrapetersons where she has just over 16.6k followers.