Grace Trahan

Grace Trahan has known since she was a little girl growing up in Orange, Texas that she wanted to be a newscaster.

"Every Sunday night I would watch '60 Minutes' with my father. I was so inspired," Trahan says. "I knew that I wanted to inform and help people. It's a privilege and honor to serve the public in this capacity and I don't take it for granted."

After graduating magna cum laude from Oklahoma City University, Trahan worked as the morning anchor in Beaumont, Texas, at KFDM-TV.

She came to RTV6 as a general assignment reporter and began anchoring the weekend newscasts six months later. In 1998, she moved to her current position as morning and noon anchor.

Trahan serves on several boards, including the Care for Kids Foundation and LifeBridge. She also has received numerous awards, such as the Texas School Bell Award for Outstanding Educational Stories. Trahan is a member of Alpha Phi sorority.

Trahan and her husband are the proud parents of a boy, Christian, who was born in January 2002; another son, Nicholas, who was born in November 2003; and a girl, Rachel, who was born in April 2006.

Being the mother of three young children, Trahan has an intense interest in parenting and children's issues. Trahan is also very open about her faith.

“God gives all of us a purpose. He gave us the gift of life and how we live our lives is our gift to Him. I try to honor Him in everything I do,” she says. Trahan and her family attend St. Monica Catholic Church, where she is a cantor and leads the congregation in song at least once a month.

She enjoys working out, reading, and traveling. Trahan tries to live up to her Creole roots by occasionally preparing Creole dishes, but she admits it’s tough. “My husband is pretty much a meat and potatoes man,” she laughs.

To learn more about Grace and her family, you can check out the "Good Morning Indiana" blog.

Want to drop Grace a line? You can e-mail her at grace_trahan@theindychannel.com.