to Los Angeles and rejoined KTLA. She left this position in August 2003 to pursue a variety of special projects, including making a movie and writing children's books. In 2004, her book titled Gigi and the Birthday Ring was published through the Laredo Publishing Company. She is president of Skinny Hippo Productions, her own production company, and is co-president of F Squared Productions, where she is a developer of film and television projects. Giselle now works for Spectrum Cable’s News 1. Awards Fernández has won five Emmy Awards for journalism. She is a member of the Smithsonian National Board for Latino Initiatives and has worked on the board of trustees of the Children's Hospital Los Angeles. In 2006, she was named the year's Outstanding Philanthropist by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Personal life While in Chicago, she met Ron Kershaw, who was previously involved with Jessica Savitch. The two were engaged, but Kershaw died of pancreatic cancer and liver cancer. A month later her father died of Alzheimer's disease. In 2002, she married British executive John Farrand, former CEO of Panavision, Inc.; they had a daughter, Talei. The couple separated in April 2014. Fernández participated as a contestant on the second season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars in January 2006, but was the third contestant to be eliminated. She partnered with Jonathan Roberts and had an average of 23 points. References External links 1961 births 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American writers American children's writers American film production company founders American infotainers American people of Mexican-Jewish descent American television personalities of Mexican descent American women film producers American film producers American women television journalists California State University, Sacramento alumni CBS News people Film producers from California Hispanic and Latino American women journalists Jewish American journalists Living people Mexican emigrants to the United States Mexican film producers Mexican journalists Mexican news anchors Mexican people of Jewish descent People from Mexico City NBC News people Participants in American reality television series Television anchors from Los Angeles American women children's writers Mexican women children's writers 20th-century American women 21st-century American Jews