CNN's Rahel Solomon is moving into a new anchor chair as the network refreshes its slate of programming, reviving the morning show's former name, Early Start, for her new 5 a.m. broadcast.

In January, CNN announced major changes to its schedule, which involved shifting CNN This Morning anchor Kasie Hunt to her own afternoon program, The Arena With Kasie Hunt. In her stead, the network pulled in two of its rising stars to split the 5-7 a.m. hours.

Solomon — who previously anchored CNN Newsroom on CNN International and CNN Max — relaunched Early Start on Monday, March 10, which now airs weekdays from 5-6 a.m. ET. Audie Cornish took over the CNN This Morning brand, now airing from 6-7 a.m.

Solomon got her start in local news, and anchored the morning news at CBS-3 Philadelphia from 2017 to 2019. She then moved to CNBC as a business reporter before joining CNN full-time in April 2022, covering global business news for the network, as well as CNN International.

Here’s five things to know about Early Start’s new host, Rahel Solomon.

Solomon, who attended St. John's University in Queens, N.Y., in 2010, says she had a last minute change of heart as she was preparing to graduate in 2010.