Kapalos is of Greek descent and the Chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Commission; her four-year term commenced on 17 August 2015.
[1] Kapalos began her career in her home town of Newcastle, New South Wales, as a reporter for ABC Radio in 1994, a journalist at 2HD & NEW FM before moving to television with SBS in Sydney.
On 11 February 2013, Kapalos began presenting Today Tonight on the Seven Network in New South Wales and Victoria.
[5] Kapalos is the executive producer, writer and director of the independent documentary A Life of its Own, which she conceptualised during her time as a senior correspondent with the Seven Network's current affairs program Sunday Night, when she reported on a series of stories on medical marijuana.
Kapalos has been appointed Chair of the Victorian Multicultural Commission for a four-year term commencing 17 August 2015.