Grace Whitfield

Her story

Grace is the daughter of a Navy officer and grew up on bases from Norfolk to Naples, Italy. By the time she finished high school she had lived in five countries, spoke French and Italian, and had a lifelong habit of reading three newspapers before breakfast.

She spent twenty-five years as a foreign correspondent, reporting from London, Jerusalem, Seoul and Eastern Europe. She has interviewed presidents and prime ministers, and covered wars, elections and revolutions, always asking what each one meant for America.

She came home to Virginia to be near her grandchildren and still keeps a packed bag by the door.