Maria Quiban (born Maria T. Aviso) is a weather anchor for KTTV in Los Angeles, California.
Maria Quiban | |
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| Born | Maria T. Aviso Cebu City, Philippines |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | B.S. Mississippi State University |
| Occupation | Meteorologist/TV Anchor |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Employer | KTTV/KCOP-TV 2000–present |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 2 |
Quiban was born Maria T. Aviso in Cebu City, Philippines. At the age of 9, her family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii where she attended Aiea High School[1] and later studied journalism at the University of Hawaii.
Quiban worked for the local NBC affiliate KHNL in Honolulu[1] before moving in 1998 to Los Angeles to work as the weather anchor for the Orange County Newschannel. In 2000, she accepted employment as the weather anchor/meteorologist for KTTV. In 2005, she earned a B.S. in meteorology from Mississippi State University via correspondence courses.[1]
Quiban has appeared in numerous television shows and films playing a reporter including Bruce Almighty, Cold Case, Everybody Hates Chris, Criminal Minds and Ryan's Mystery Playdate. She played the role of a murder victim in the film Blood Work.[1]
In 2020, Quiban released her book "You Can't Do It Alone- A Widow's Journey Through Loss, Grief, and Life After."[2]
Quiban has been married three times. While a teenager in Honolulu, she married her first husband; they had one child, Desmond Quiban (born 1987). On September 9, 1999, she married her second husband, Brian Messner and they divorced in 2001.[3] Her third husband, Sean Whitesell, died of glioblastoma multiforme on December 28, 2015.[4][5][6] They had one son, Gus Whitesell (born 2010).[7]