Fox Business Network’s Melissa Francis can talk about more than just money: like, her years as captain of the Harvard polo team, her summer as a TV news intern, and growing up as a child actor.

“I’m one of the people that loved it,” says Francis. “There are a lot of kids that come out of the business and say that they hated it. I don’t know where they were working or what they they were doing.”

• Part II: Tuesday, How Melissa Francis made the move from local TV to CNBC

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