What is Hoda’s ethnicity? Is Hoda Kotb from West Virginia?

Hoda Kotb is of Egyptian origins and her parents are from Egypt. Hoda Kotb is not from West Africa, however, Kotb grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Hoda Kotb was born on August 9, 1964, in Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America.  Kotb started her career with her first on-air job at then-CBS affiliate WXVT in Greenville, Mississippi.

In 2019, Hoda Kotb and Gifford were awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host during their time as co-hosts.

In 2006, Hoda Kotb was awarded a Peabody Award for Dateline NBC’s “The Education of Ms. Groves.” In April 1998, Hoda Kotb officially joined NBC News as a correspondent for Dateline NBC and all NBC News platforms.

Hoda Kotb was awarded the Matrix Award in October 2021. Hoda Kotb was awarded a Headliner Award in 2004 for Dateline NBC’s “Saving Dane – Adoptees Rage”.

Hoda Kotb was the first host of Today’s first fourth-hour weekday morning broadcast at 10:00 a.m. in September 2007.