Lisa Ling is a special correspondent for the National Geographic Channel and the Oprah Winfrey Show. For Oprah, Ling has been sent to cover the Lord's Resistance Army and the crisis of AIDS orphans in Uganda, bride burning in India, and gang-rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ling was the first woman host of National Geographic's Emmy award-winning flagship series Explorer, where she investigated the increasingly deadly drug war in Colombia, examined the complex issues surrounding China's one-child policy and explored the phenomenon of female suicide bombers in Chechnya and Israel's occupied territories. She also explored the hidden and dangerous culture inside American prisons and street gang MS-13.

Early on, Ling was known for revealing her "view" of the world to millions of Americans as co-host of Barbara Walters' hit daytime talk show, The View. While she was a member of the team, The View won its first daytime Emmy.

National Geographic Reports: A Global Perspective
Keeping Lisa Ling in near constant motion, the National Geographic Channel's Explorer series takes viewers on unforgettable adventures and covers a wide range of human-interest stories, including the devastating natural disasters of the past year. Showing dramatic video clips from Explorer, Ling shares her adventures and her personal success story and advocates having an open mind and heart to the issues surrounding us.

China's Lost Little Girls
As a result of China's one-child policy, thousands of baby girls are abandoned in China every year, just for being girls. Right now in the U.S., there are more foreign adoptees from China than any other country in the world. Ling has covered China for more than a decade; hear her take on this phenomenon and the consequences that the rapidly growing gender imbalance may have on the world's fastest growing economy.

"Lisa did a beautiful job of expanding our awareness of the world around us. Women of Vision has always focused on global awareness as a means to implement change and Lisa delivered that message with a perfect fit for our organization!"

– Beverly Peters, Creative Director, Women of Vision Orange County