Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Gabby Morrongiello is the New York Post’s Washington Bureau Chief and was formally the White House Correspondent for the Washington Examiner.
- She describes herself as ‘naturally curious’ which led her to an impressive career in political journalism at a very young age.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Gabriella Morrongiello grew up in Sonoma, California, a town situated between Berkeley and San Francisco.
- She grew up in “a very socially and fiscally conservative family,” but this didn’t help to form her views as she was naturally curious and relished the chance to exchange ideas with friends from more progressive households.
- Growing up, she attended Justin-Siena High School and grew up with an elder sibling, her brother Roman.
- Currently, Gabby splits her time between her home in Washington D.C. and her job in New York.
- In early 2018, she got engaged to her partner, Caleb Orr, who is the Legislative Assistant to U.S Senator Marco Rubio. Caleb is a native of Texas. The couple married a few months later, in September 2018.
Early Life and Education :
- Gabby spent her first two years of college at Oregon State University before transferring to George Washington (GW) University after a 2013 Examiner internship convinced her to stay in D.C.
- She was also heavily involved with GW’s Young America’s Foundation chapter as a student but was taken aback by how much backlash the organization received for requesting a religious exemption from mandatory LGBT sensitivity training.
- While studying at Oregon State University, Gabby was a leading founder of the ‘Young Americans Freedom Movement.’
- Gabby graduated from George Washington in 2015 with a degree in Political Science and also has a BA in New Media Communications achieved at Oregon State.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Gabby started her career by working for campus reform at George Washington, a post she worked for only three months before landing herself a job at the Washington Examiner.
- She admits that she had a little luck in her rise to prominence. As a campaign reporter in the presidential elections of 2015, she was given the role to follow the candidate her Editors thought was least likely to gain coverage, that of Donald Trump!
- She spent a month in New Hampshire following the states presidential primaries, attending rallies and attempting to decipher the Trump phenomena.
- Her work continuing to follow Trump through the election process and his first few months of office made Gabby a foremost Trump expert and lead her to many guest appearances on Fox News and her role at the New York Post.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Gabby likes to spend the little leisure time she has with her family, friends, and fiancée and quotes ‘Hiking’ as one of her preferred pastimes.
- Her favorite movie is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and her favorite television show is the Netflix series Narcos.
- Gabby is a big fan of music, especially Frankie Vallie, and likes to attend concerts, although she admits to ‘finding it difficult to see concerts to her palate, as she has the musical tastes of a nostalgic 60-year-old Man.’
- On their first date in 2016, Caleb had worn cowboy boots. Two years later, he proposed to Gabby with a beautiful diamond.
