Jannelle So is a Filipino expatriate journalist and broadcaster known for her work as the host of Kababayan L.A., a daily show for and about Filipinos airing on KSCI

KSCI

KSCI is an independent television station operating in Los Angeles and on KUAN-LP channel 48 in Poway, California, serving the San Diego area. It targets Asian Americans, and most of its programming is in Asian languages....

 (LA-18) television.

Born and raised in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, So is of Chinese, Filipino and Spanish descent. Her last name is Chinese, meaning "happiness". She moved to the United States in 2003 with her family, leaving behind a budding career as a sportscaster for the Philippine Basketball Association

Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

. She completed a certificate course in journalism at UCLA extension and did freelance writing for Young Money and Audrey before coming to Kababayan L.A. So has also worked as a correspondent for various news programs airing on The Filipino Channel

The Filipino Channel

The Filipino Channel is an international television station owned by the Philippine-based multimedia conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is currently available in Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and the United States. It has over two million subscribers in these...

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