Infertility is a serious problem that challenges many couples around the world. and if a union is not strong enough, the couple may not be able to withstand the pressure and may even break up. If there is one person who is persistent in the face of such issues, it is Kerstin Lindquist, an award-winning American journalist and author. She burst into the limelight as a presenter for leading shopping TV channel QVC. Lindquist and her husband struggled with miscarriages before emerging victorious. Want to know more about her inspirational story? We have all the details here.
Bio and Age – Who is QVC’s Kerstin Lindquist?
Kerstin Lindquist was born on the 27th of October 1977. She is from Orange County, California. No information on the names of her parents or potential siblings is currently available. However, there is no doubt that if she had done everything in her power, her family would be proud of her. Kerstin Lindquist completed her education in her hometown of Orange County. Growing up, she was a responsible adult, working various summer jobs to pay for college.
Lindquist attended Frank & Marshall College, a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She spent four years at the institution (1995 – 1999) and graduated with a degree in political science. After college, Lindquist initially aspired to go to law school and become a lawyer. However, she decided to give Hollywood a try after landing a minor role in the rom-com. Coyote Ugly. After the film, Lindquist found it difficult to find meaningful roles and decided to become a journalist.
Here are facts about the journalist, author and TV presenter
career
Kerstin Lindquist began her journalistic career. For the next nine years she worked as a news reporter and presenter for various West Coast television stations. These include KSBW TV (an NBC/ABC affiliate based in Salinas, California), KION NewsChannel 5 (a Fox affiliate based in Salinas), KSNV TV (an NBC affiliate based in Las Vegas, Nevada) and KGTV 10 News (an ABC affiliate in California) San Diego, California).
Kerstin Lindquist joined the big leagues in 2011 when she was picked up by well-known multimedia retailer QVC. To do so, she had to leave the sunny West Coast for snowy Pennsylvania, where QVC’s headquarters are located. Luckily, this was a good move as she is one of the channel’s most popular presenters. Lindquist has received multiple awards throughout her career. That includes four Emmys for Outstanding Achievement in News and Documentary Programming. One of the Emmys was for her Human Interest Story at the Miracle Ranch Orphanage. Another reason was her courage in conducting interviews with detainees in the infamous Guantánamo Bay.
husband and children
Kerstin Lindquist is happily married to a man named Dan. There is not much information about him other than that he shares his wife’s Christian faith. The couple married in 2003 and have three children together. Even though her family is picture perfect, getting to this point wasn’t easy. The couple wanted both children from the start and had even picked possible names by the second date. When they tied the knot, they thought that they would easily raise a family, but it wasn’t. They conceived a baby but had a miscarriage.
They then found it hard to worry again and had to resort to fertility treatments, all of which were free. So they made the courageous decision to go down the path of adoption. Their first daughter, named Georgia, was born in 2009 and the couple later found out Lindquist was pregnant. Their second daughter, Grace, arrived five months after Georgia. In 2016, the couple also adopted a son named Ben. Kerstin Lindquist is super proud of her family and regularly shares pictures of them online. She also shared the family’s inspirational story in a book called 5 Months Apart – Facing Barrenness with Faith and Grace.
Kerstin Lindquist’s salary and net worth
Kerstin Lindquist didn’t give her exact details, according to industry figures, a QVC host makes an average of $500,000 per year. Therefore, she should earn a salary in this region. In terms of her net worth, the California native has an estimated net worth of $1 million. Her source of wealth includes her career earnings over the years as well as royalties from her book. Another source of income for Lindquist is trading. Over the years she has acted in a number of films and television shows including The Western Wing, This Is My Bush and 100 Girls, among others.
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