CBS 2's Cindy Hsu has been chosen as one of this year's AWRT-NYC Golden Apple Award winners!

Cindy Hsu has been a reporter and anchor at CBS 2 News since 1993. She also hosts "Family First," a regular series featuring advice for parents on a host of topics.

Hsu's work at CBS 2 has been recognized with numerous awards. Most recently, her personal adoption story, "Bringing Rosie Home," was nominated for an Emmy award and won a New York AP Broadcasters Award for Best Feature. She has also received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Single Hard News Story.

In 1993, Hsu joined CBS 2 as a correspondent after working as a reporter/anchor at WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin and for WTOV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio. She began her broadcasting career as an associate producer for WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia.

Hsu is active in charitable activities and involved with the Asian-American community. She is a Big Sister and has served on the Advisory Board of APEX, a group that pairs Asian professionals with recent immigrants and young people who need guidance. She's served on the Board of Directors of the Museum of Chinese in the Americas and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, as well as the Newswatch Advisory Council which monitors fairness in journalism. Hsu is also a former President of the New York Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association.

Hsu is also a world-class dragon boater, competing with her team Women in Canoe. They represented the United States in the 2001 World Championship.

Hsu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Coast Guard family that moved every two to four years. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in communication studies and lives in New York City with her daughter.