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work, she goes home,
takes off her makeup,
works out and has a
nap. And then she switches into mom mode.
She's the parent in charge of the graduation party for her younger
daughter's class, and, "In my spare time, I'm doing fundraisers," she
says, helping kids to raise money for prom and safe-and-
sober grad night.
"Family is defi nitely the most important thing to me," says Cook,
who had wonderful parents who were inspirational. Her father told
her she could do anything she put her mind to, and she believes she
would be a completely different person if she didn't have her mother,
who moved to Marin County from San Diego to help with her grand-
children after Cook's father passed away.
"That made all the difference for me, to have someone who really
believed in me," she says, because it allowed her to pursue her pas-
sions in life. She adds, "I hope everyone fi nds someone to motivate
them and someone to motivate." n
Clockwise from top: Pam Cook's Wine Wednesdays segment; interviewing
Gov. Gavin Newsom; Cook anchoring KTVU's "Dollars & Sense" broadcast;
Cook on her porch in Marin County; Cook at UCLA with parents Bob and
Frieda Cook. – Photos courtesy Pam Cook and by Stuart Lirette
