Her Story
About Adai
I'm the morning show host at 102.3 KJLH Radio, a position I've held for almost 20 years in a career spanning over two decades in journalism and broadcasting. My work focuses on keeping our audience up-to-date on current events, the latest news, and breaking news, while also highlighting organizations within our community that offer resources and information unique to Southern California and news abroad. Recently, I received two Gracie Awards for my work on the LA County fires, where we led in getting critical news to residents dealing with the Palisades and Altadena fires who were trying to evacuate, and for an expose I did on the truth about sex trafficking in California. That story, which we aired in May 2025, helped join the voices of many calling for better legislation, and by January 2026, we saw new laws making it a felony to approach and solicit minors for sex, when it had previously been just a misdemeanor. One of my proudest accomplishments is our Women's Health Expo, which we've been doing for 26 years. It started inside a little church with a few pamphlets on a desk, and now we get over 10,000 women to a convention center for a day of health, connecting them with doctors they wouldn't necessarily be able to make appointments with due to insurance or availability issues. I'm a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a degree in broadcast journalism, and I work under the mentorship of our general manager Karen Slade and our station owner, Stevie Wonder, along with other mentors including Jerry Perry, Aundrae Russell, and Terry Monday.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Adai
01What do you attribute your success to?
First and foremost, I attribute my success to the good Lord above for just getting me through all of it. But I think it's just relying on the goodness of different people. You know, we hear so much about what's not right with the world, but there are so many other people that have the like mind of trying to put forth good. And when good people come together, like-minded people, we're able to do some great things. So while I know a lot of people are so down about the bad things happening in this world, there's still some good people that are trying to do good work.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
I think it was trusting yourself. We all can get imposter syndrome from time to time, and we can all feel insecure about certain things, or should we make certain moves? I heard a woman tell me, bet on yourself. And you know, listen to that voice when it tells you to jump sometimes. It's sometimes scary to do that, but that little voice knows more about you than you think. If it says, go for it, go for it.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Be cautious, but still open to opportunity. You know, be watchful, pay attention, have discernment, but don't be too afraid to jump and take those opportunities. Because it goes by so fast.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The challenges are sometimes just getting the resources. A lot of great organizations are out there, but they lack resources. And you only have so much time to speak with folks to get that information out to everybody. But the wins are when you do get the information to who needs it. You know, if it's information about housing, or information about different things that are happening with the government that people need to know, when you get it to the people that can really utilize it and they come back and say, hey, I heard you talking about so-and-so, and I was able to go get that, and it worked out. One of our biggest accomplishments during the year is making sure that women get information they need about their health through our Women's Health Expo. We're able to get doctors that women wouldn't necessarily be able to make appointments with, for whatever reason, their insurance didn't cover it, or it's just hard to get an appointment now because of COVID or whatever. These doctors take their time to come and spend the day with women that are underserved to lend their expertise, and to be that bridge between getting these people together is one of our biggest accomplishments.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Honesty is most important to me, honesty with everything. Because if I'm reporting a story, I need the most accurate information, I need to talk to people that are giving me good information. Integrity, I guess the bigger word would be integrity. And the word is truth, and the people we're around. Not that everyone has to be perfect, but we all need to be striving.
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