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Evyenia “Evy” Poumpouras is a Greek American journalist and author. She was a special agent, polygraph examiner, and interrogator with the United States Secret Service from 2000 to 2012.
Poumpouras was a co-host of the Bravo TV series, Spy Games. She authored the memoir, Becoming Bulletproof (2020), and is an adjunct professor of criminal justice and criminology at the City University of New York.
Poumpouras was born in the United States to immigrant parents from Greece. Her father is from Mesta and her mother is from Kilkis, Greece. She grew up in Queens, New York City. As a child, she and her brother spent most of their summers in Greece with extended family members. Greek is her first language followed by English. She learned Italian while studying at the American University of Rome. Poumpouras learned Spanish while in Mexico for a semester and French after studying in France. She was the first in her family to attend college. She graduated from Hofstra University. Poumpouras earned an M.A. in forensic psychology from Argosy University.
Poumpouras worked in the insurance industry after college. She interned for U.S. representative Carolyn McCarthy who…
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