Mona Kosar Abdi is an Anchor/Reporter for the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, OH. During her time in Northeast Ohio, Mona has covered a variety of stories including the search for the Facebook Killer and the two largest ICE immigration raids under the Trump Administration. Before moving to Cleveland, Mona worked for ABC 13 in Central Virginia. While in the Heart of Virginia, Mona reported extensively on the 2016 presidential election and conducted a one-on-one interview with then-candidate Donald Trump. Her investigative stories also led to federal and state legislative action.
She was born in San Diego and spent some of her formative years in Doha and London. Mona graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a degree in International Relations and Communications. She knows three languages, including Somali and Spanish.