Like most people who work in TV news, Melissa Francis took a round about way to her current job as anchor on Fox Business Network. It started with acting, continued at Harvard, and included many stops along the way. “You know you’re paying your dues for a long time to get where you want to go, but now that I’m there I think it was definitely worth it.”

• Part I: Monday, Melissa Francis on Being a Child Actor: “I’m one of the people that loved it.”

• Part III: Wednesday, Francis tells all in Diary of a Stage Mother’s Daughter