“My mother has her BA and Masters from NYU and was a professor at a local college growing up. She chose that career so she could be home for us after school but she should have been a fashion designer.”

American television personality and businesswoman

Jill Zarin is an American television personality and businesswoman. She is best known as an original cast member of Bravo's reality series The Real Housewives of New York City, where she appeared from 2008 to 2011. Her public profile comes largely from that show, which made her a familiar figure in reality television. Beyond her screen work, she is also described as a businesswoman.