Maria Molina

Maria Janeth Molina (born April 7, 1987) is an American meteorologist. She was the on-air meteorologist for the Fox News Channel, a U.S. television network, from 2010 to 2016. she is an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Early life Molina was born in Nicaragua and grew up in Hialeah, Florida. She is a graduate of Barbara Goleman Senior High School. '

Education Molina graduated cum laude from Florida State University in 2008, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology and minors in mathematics and communications. While at Florida State University, she completed the University Honors Program and the Honors in the Major Program requirements.

Additionally, she graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2015 with a Masters of Arts degree in Climate and Society.

Prior to Fox News, Molina was a bilingual TV meteorologist for AccuWeather in State College, Pennsylvania, for which she provided weather forecasts in both English and Spanish.

Personal life In December 2015, she married storm chaser Reed Timmer at the Masaya Volcano National Park in Nicaragua but the two would end up divorcing in 2017 according to Reed.