Cross River Woman to Appear on ‘Millionaire’

A family vacation on a Disney Cruise, money away for two daughters' college education and a shopping spree at Tiffany’s may be in Cross River resident Jill Proskin's near future. 

That's what Proskin, a sixth-grade teacher at the Yorktown Central School District for 20 years, will do if she becomes a millionaire. 

The world will find out Proskin’s financial fate when she appears on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" in the episodes airing Wednesday, Nov. 28 and Thursday, Nov. 29 at 12:30 p.m. on ABC, channel 7. 

A kid at heart, Proskin said students love her because of her "strange sense of humor" and "whimsical approach to life." Her family and friends call her the "pop-up queen" because she’s obsessed with pop-up books. The woman owns more than 200 pop-up books and even has a whole room in her house dedicated to the collection.

Proskin's husband David accompanied her to New York City and sat in the Millionaire audience as Proskin's on-air companion for the show. The couple has two daughters – Hayleigh, 12, and Alanna Jolie, 10, both students in the Katonah-Lewisboro school district.

The game show is in its eleventh season and hosted by Irvington resident Meredith Vieira. Vieira, an Emmy award winner, has hosted more than 1,800 episodes over 10 seasons and has given out more than $70 million in winnings to contestants.