After that fateful show where Oprah nicknamed her "The Rooster Lady", Mindy immediately began receiving requests from radio stations across the US to demonstrate her voice work. Over two hundred radio appearances later and a producer who took a risk on raw talent, Mindy was hired to host the highly rated Saginaw, Michigan radio program called "Mike & Mindy in the Morning." Within six months, Mindy changed addresses again, this time to be on Hollywood's red carpet reporting for television's Entertainment Tonight.

The Emmy nominated Burbano has made a successful career covering the world of entertainment for KTLA's award-winning "News at Ten", and the "KTLA Morning News" for six years. She remains loyal to her animal roots, as she was recently seen on "VH-1 Celebrity Pets I and II." Mindy has also appeared on "Live With Regis and Kathie Lee," and "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment" and taken on acting roles in "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," and "7th Heaven". Among films like "Dickie Roberts; Former Child Star," and numerous independent film projects, Mindy also appeared in the popular Disney film "The Princess Diaries", a part that Director Gary Marshall wrote specifically for her.

Those who thought her Oprah appearance a "one hit wonder" continue to be surprised. Mindy has now appeared six times on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," as one of Oprah's "favorite guests", "The Best of Oprah", "Rags to Riches", and was most recently featured in a segment that followed her life with an exclusive look into her fairly tale marriage to Real Estate Mogul, Glenn Stearns. The wedding was featured on "The Oprah Winfrey Show", and in the pages of "In Touch," "Rivieria," and "Orange Coast" magazines, and donned the cover of "Inside Weddings" magazine.

Mindy's unconventional upbringing may have been the guiding force that landed her where she is today. A native of Forest Grove, Oregon, Mindy's parents encouraged her to express her passions at a young age. She remembers making her first animal noises at the age of six. Instead of dressing dolls, Mindy was playing sports with the boys and became the first female to play on her high school boy's varsity baseball team. Mindy's passion and skill for baseball grabbed the attention of ICM president Jack Gillardi who invited her to play in the annual Hollywood Stars Baseball game at Dodger Stadium on three separate occasions. Mindy became the first female in 45 years to actually play in the game which was the closest thing to fulfilling Mindy's childhood dream of being the first female to play Major League Baseball.. Though her dental career was short-lived, Mindy, whose father and brother are dentists, brings a love for dental hygiene into her daily repertoire by proselytizing flossing and donning out engraved toothbrushes as business cards.

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