Clarion University alum La-Aja Wiggins Hernandez ’06 won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing on the Price is Right in 2020.

Hernandez grew up in the Hill District in Pittsburgh with her three sisters and her single mother, who at the time was addicted to drugs. Through perseverance, Hernandez earned a college scholarship at Clarion. Upon graduation, she studied at the Video Symphony Pro School of Media Production in Burbank, California, where she honed her skills as an editor. She worked on a variety of TV shows such as “American Idol,” “America’s Got Talent” and “The Talk” before landing a job with “The Price is Right,” where she works as a full-time editor.