Rise and shine! Popular morning news talent Julie Chang has been waking up New York & LA with her effervescent charm for 17 years. While the avid surfer girl got her feet wet covering hard news, Julie’s defibrillator-inducing fashion & instant rapport with celebrities garnered her the coveted entertainment anchor seat for 12 years! 

But Julie’s gift of gab takes a backseat to her gift of LIVING. She kicked a fist-size brain tumor in the ass, defied doctors’ prognosis--TO BECOME A MOM. Boom! Two kids later, a beach house she boho-reno’d with her childhood-crush-turned-hubby, Julie, continues to prove that YOU can create your best life! How? That’s the secret sauce to Julie’s social media success. Her instagram is a potent toolkit on how to navigate life’s ups & downs. Even in the face of seizures, Julie has been a pioneer in sharing relatable & authentic content throughout her feed, cutting through the facade of filters, right into the souls of whom she calls, “my best friends, whom I have yet to meet.” With 20 years of journalism under her belt, Julie is a master storyteller. 

Julie has been a keynote speaker/host/panelist/moderator at Harvard Law School, LinkedIn, Goldman Sachs, CalTech's ECSTEM summit (where Julie spoke to 4000 educators on the value of Free Play), and as of July 2023, ColorComm. Throw in Julie's gallery featured photography, her Emmy nominated broadcast work & voila! Julie’s zest for life works through you like osmosis. 

Currently, Julie serves as an adjunct professor at USC Annenberg (teaching TV Journalism 307). 

She continues to self produce her "940" docuseries and her Truly Julie Podcast on YouTube, and come this December, look for Julie in Aquaman 2 (yes, she's an actor, too!). 

Education background: BA Economics, University of Michigan & Environmental Studies, Oxford University (UK).