Professional Experience

2021 to present: Reporter, WINK News

2019 - 2021: Reporter at WPDE ABC 15 in Conway, S.C.

Previously an intern at WESH 2 NEWS in Orlando, FL and WALB NEWS 10 in Albany, G.A.

News Philosophy

Find out what matters to people in the community and work to get answers to their questions. Be honest, impactful and accurate. Work every day to make the world a little brighter, a little kinder and leave everywhere you go a little bit better.

Hobbies, Interests & Community Involvement

Traveling! I studied abroad in Segovia, Spain while in College and explored Europe! I love to find new places to go and learn more about the culture, people, and of course food!

Education

Bachelor of Science in Human Communication, University of Central Florida.

Likes best about Southwest Florida

Being closer to my huge family! Now I can go home for birthdays and events, instead of Facetiming in!

Hometown

Miami, Fla.

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Helping Collier County’s homeless senior women

The Women’s Foundation of Collier County has launched Women Lifting Women, a campaign to get housing, counseling and other resources for homeless women age 70 and older. Being homeless at any age is challenging, but being homeless when you’re over 65 makes those challenges even harder, and leaders with WFCC say that’s the reality for […]

Lee County drone company sending its products to Ukraine to aid war effort

One Lee County man working to help fighters in Ukraine found a way to get thermal camera-enabled drones over to Ukraine to assist with defense and logistics in combatting the Russian invasion. It started with an online order for three drones. When Chris Allen, director of business development for Florida Drone Supply, located at 16335 […]

Dr. Ben Carson, pastors speak at community prayer breakfast in Lee County

On Thursday morning, thousands gathered at Hammond Stadium in Lee County to have breakfast together and to give thanks as part of the National Day of Prayer. More than 2,500 people registered to show up at the Lee County Sports Complex for a community prayer breakfast. More than three dozen local businesses and organizations sponsored the event, which included […]

CareerSource brings regional career fair to FGCU Wednesday, busses in high school seniors

CareerSource’s Wednesday job fair at Florida Gulf Coast University is poised to be the largest since the pandemic started, held at the Alico Arena to benefit job-seekers and businesses of Southwest Florida that say they’re in desperate need of workers. 50 to 60 seniors from five Lee County high schools—Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Island Coast, […]

Man killed in fiery crash with box truck on SR-31 in Charlotte County

A man was killed in a fiery crash with a box truck on SR-31 in Charlotte County early Wednesday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 23-year-old man from Fort Myers was driving a sedan south on SR-31, north of Neal Road, around 4:45 a.m. A box truck driven by a 29-year-old man from […]

New safety measures causing traffic woes at intersection near Cape Coral middle school

New safeguards for students going to and from Trafalgar Middle School through a busy Cape Coral intersection have only added to major traffic backups, and some parents are fed up. Earlier, neighbors and parents were concerned about safety at the intersection of Trafalgar Parkway and Southwest 20th Avenue. There have been 20 crashes near that […]

Naples City Council to vote on police wage increases

Naples police officers say they need better compensation. After months of negotiations, the Naples City Council will vote on giving them a raise, but officers say they need more than just money. The president of the city’s police union says that, among other things, they’re really fighting for better medical benefits and better pensions, things he […]

Scholarship program helping CNAs get nursing degrees, jobs at Lee Health

A scholarship program is trying to help certified nursing assistants make ends meet while studying to become registered nurses, hopefully before filling vacant positions at Lee Health. The Heart of Caring scholarship was started after Mark Ain was cared for by certified nursing assistants at a Lee Health facility. He and his wife were so […]

All-way stop signs installed at dangerous Cape Coral intersection

An intersection that has given some drivers close calls in the past hopefully got fixed Tuesday. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, two students have been hit while crossing the Trafalgar Parkway and Southwest 20th Ave intersection this school year. On Tuesday both of the all-way stop signs were put up at the intersection. […]