Jenna Bush Hager
Host of TODAY with Jenna & Friends | #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
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Humanitarian, correspondent and bestselling author, Jenna Bush Hager brings her unique vantage point to every audience leaving them mesmerized. Raised in the White House with her twin sister, Barbara, Hager cultivated an innate sense of purpose at an early age. Hager has seen firsthand how small change can make a large difference in a single life. Travels to impoverished areas in Africa and Latin America impressed upon her the call to address the most pressing health, education and economic inequality issues of our time. To all who listen, Hager ignites a passion to serve and inspires young leaders to give back in their schools, local communities or abroad.
Jenna Bush Hager is the host of TODAY with Jenna & Friends. She is also the founder of TODAY’s wildly popular Read With Jenna book club, for which she has chosen 83 books. 51 of her choices have become New York Times bestsellers. In 2022, Hager established her production company, Thousand Voices, in a partnership with NBCUniversal's studio, Universal Studio Group.
Hager is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and has written seven children's books. Her latest New York Times bestseller, I Loved You First, celebrates the bond between parent and child in a lyrical story. In her New York Times bestselling book, Everything Beautiful in Its Time, Hager shares moving, funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on that has shaped her life. With genuine appeal and heart felt warmth, Hager brings to light stories of hope, humor and humanity. She also authored the #1 New York Times bestseller Sisters First, written with her sister Barbara Pierce Bush. This book takes readers on an extraordinary and deeply personal journey of what it is like to be born into a political dynasty. The sisters reveal never-before-told stories about their family and uncover the enduring sisterly bond that kept them sane through it all. She penned the New York Times bestseller Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope, after interning with UNICEF in Latin America. The story is based on the life of a 17-year-old single mother living with HIV and determined to shield her child from the abuse and neglect that riddled her own childhood. Following this experience, Hager served as the founding chair of UNICEF’s Next Generation, an initiative dedicated to reducing the number of preventable childhood deaths around the world.
Like her mother, Laura Bush, Hager once taught public school. Together, they co-authored the children’s books Our Great Big Backyard and Read All About It!.
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