Jenna Bush Hager is the co-host of NBC News’ TODAY with Hoda & Jenna. She joined TODAY as a correspondent and contributor in August 2009. The founder of TODAY’s Read with Jenna book club, Bush Hager is also the best-selling author of the #1 New York Times best-seller “Sisters First,” written with her sister Barbara Bush, and the New York Times best-seller “Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope,” which she wrote after interning with UNICEF in Latin America. She also co-authored the children’s books “Our Great Big Backyard” and “Read All About It!” with her mother. Most recently, she wrote “Everything Beautiful in Its Time,” a collection of poignant essays about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on to her. As part of her work on TODAY, Bush Hager received a 2012 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Morning Show. In 2011, she was honored as one of Glamour’s Women of the Year alongside her mother and sister. Bush Hager has conducted a wide range of interviews with notable figures including first daughter Ashley Biden, former first lady Michelle Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Joanna Gaines, Katherine Schwarzenegger and fellow first daughter Susan Ford Bales. Prior to TODAY, Bush Hager was a reading teacher at a public school in Baltimore. She began her career as an elementary school teacher in Washington D.C. in 2005. She is currently an editor-at-large for Southern Living. In 2004, Bush Hager graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in English. She lives in New York with her husband, Henry Hager, their two daughters Mila and Poppy, and their son Hal. Follow Bush Hager on Twitter and Instagram @JennaBushHager.
