Erin Burnett

==Early life and education==
Burnett was born and raised in [[Mardela Springs, Maryland]]. She is the youngest daughter of Esther Margaret (née Stewart) and Kenneth King Burnett, a [[corporate attorney]].<ref name="daughter">{{cite web |title=Webb-Burnett, LLP: K. King Burnett |publisher=Salisbury Corporate Law |url=http://www.salisburycorporatelaw.com/partners_of_the_firm.cfm?show=kkingburnett |access-date=February 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312225235/http://www.salisburycorporatelaw.com/partners_of_the_firm.cfm?show=kkingburnett |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=August 23, 1964 |title=Esther M. Stewart Married to Lawyer |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/23/archives/esther-m-stewart-married-to-lawyer.html}}</ref> She is of Irish, Scottish, and English ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 17, 2014 |title=CNN Roots with Erin Burnett: Think of Ireland, and Think of Skye |website=ancestry Corporate |publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] |url=http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/10/17/cnn-roots-with-erin-burnett-think-of-ireland-and-think-of-skye/ |access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', April 19, 2022</ref> Burnett attended The Salisbury School, a private, independent elementary and middle school in Salisbury, MD prior to attending [[St. Andrew's School (Delaware)|St. Andrew's School]], a private co-educational college preparatory boarding school in [[Middletown, Delaware|Middletown]], [[Delaware]], graduating in 1994.<ref name="yearbook">{{cite book |title=Griffin 1994 |publisher=[[St. Andrew's School (Delaware)|St. Andrew's School]] |page=125 |url=https://d3b8mu96upy1t7.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2008/07/23/1994.pdf |access-date=September 17, 2007}}</ref> She returned to the school in 2009 to deliver the commencement speech.<ref>[http://www.standrews-de.org/news/detail2.cfm?NewsID=836] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728054652/http://www.standrews-de.org/news/detail2.cfm?NewsID=836|date=July 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Burnett |first=Erin |date=May 24, 2009 |title=Commencement Address. St Andrew's |url=http://libraryarchives.standrews-de.org/files/2009/11/02/Erin%20Burnett.pdf |access-date=April 4, 2010  |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728053539/http://libraryarchives.standrews-de.org/files/2009/11/02/Erin%20Burnett.pdf |archive-date=July 28, 2011}}</ref> She attended [[Williams College]] in [[Williamstown, Massachusetts|Williamstown]], [[Massachusetts]], where she studied [[political science]] and [[economics]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[political economy]]. She played lacrosse and field hockey.<ref name="B&C">{{cite news |last=Palmer |first=Caroline |date=June 4, 2007 |title=Fifth Estater: CNBC's Erin Burnett |publisher=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6448641.html |access-date=July 24, 2007}}</ref><ref name="WP">{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |date=August 26, 2007 |title=Looking Good at CNBC (Pretty, Too) |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/26/AR2007082601347_2.html |access-date=July 24, 2007}}</ref>