CNN anchor with Trini roots listed among TIME's emerging leaders

Abby Phillip, CNN's senior political correspondent and the new anchor of Inside Politics, is among TIME's 100 Next, a list of emerging leaders who are shaping the future.
Phillip, a first-generation American born to Trinidadian parents, June and Carlos Phillip, was listed among the Phenoms alongside the likes of Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, actor Rege Jean-Page and Nigerian Afrobeats singer Davido. 
In a brief statement on Phillip, her colleague April Ryan, CNN's political analyst, described her as a fresh face, but not new to this game.
"She has learned that covering the White House is very D.C.-focused. However, she is keenly aware that in covering any beat, you need input from the rest of the country and the world. She understands you have to hear and see the people to hear and see the story as it is really happening.
Speaking to Lisa Wickham, co-host of the TT Now Morning Show today, Phillip said she fell in love with journalism while at college where she wrote for the campus newspaper. 
After graduation, she worked at a news organisation called Politico.
"I think the way that I moved forward in my career is saying to myself I am just going to do this for as long as I can and if I hit a dead-end then I can't go any further but I will try to do this for as long as I can. I have been very lucky that people have given me jobs and that the industry has survived and thrived since I left college," she said.
Phillip said she was born in the United States but lived in Trinidad until the age of eight with her parents.
"Trinidad has always been home for me, that's where most of my family has been for most of my life," she said, noting that she has returned in the past few years to see her relatives.
Phillip said she misses the food the most especially being able to pick mangoes off a tree to eat. 
Talking about her entry into Harvard University where she studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Government, Phillip said her application essay was about growing up in Trinidad and being raised in a multicultural family. 
Source: The Loop, Feb 2021