Kristen Kenney is a reporter for NBC Red Bull Global Rallycross, and founder of malaria initiative, Malaika For Life.
Kristen began her broadcasting career at PBS Orlando before landing a once in a lifetime opportunity to star in "Tanzania A Journey Within." It's a feature doc shot shoot on location in Africa, where she learned a thing or two about survival in the developing world. She is lucky to be alive after a near-deadly encounter with malaria. Kristen found inspiration in this life-threatening experience and took action, creating a grassroots movement called Malaika (angel) For Life - Buy a bracelet Save a life. She was a guest on the nationally televised show, The Doctors, and her malaria story is the most-watched AOL original.
A former D1 athlete at University of Miami, Kristen always had a passion for human interest sports stories like “The Million Dollar Arm.” She began her sports broadcast career with FOX Sports Next as a college football recruiting correspondent in Washington, DC. She broke several national stories, while also creating original content for FOX Sports Digital. Shortly after, she was selected to cover the London 2012 Olympics, and her career blossomed. Kristen runs Malaika For Life as a volunteer imitative.
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