RONDI CHARLESTON

Not many graduates of the Juilliard School of Music have won Peabody awards or Emmys, but opera singer/investigative reporter/jazz songbird Charleston has all three on her resumé. Rondi Charleston comes from a long line of singers and songwriters, dating back to her great-grandmother toiling on the Great Plains in the 1800s. Like the restless spirit of her ancestors, Charleston inhabits a deep sense of adventure. As a performer, she can’t resist testing uncharted territory and trying something new. Rondi trained for a singing career at the Juilliard School, where she earned two degrees in music. After working with several professional opera companies, however, she decided to pursue another lifelong passion and enrolled in journalism classes at New York University. Those classes turned into a job as an investigative reporter for ABC News. Rondi spent six years working next to Diane Sawyer, earning Emmy and Peabody Awards for her work. When Rondi returned read more...