Professional Experience

April 2023 to present: WINK News Anchor/Reporter. June 2021 to 2023: WINK News Reporter and Video Journalist. Previously worked as Reporting/Production Intern, Production Assistant, Associate Producer, Producer at WBBH in Fort Myers, 2019 to 2021.

News Philosophy

Be honest. Own up to your mistakes. Do your best, no matter who is watching. Be the hardest worker in the room. Never compare yourself to others. Your only true competition is yourself.

Hobbies, Interests & Community Involvement

​Being active, out & about in the Florida sunshine. Meeting new people and hearing their stories.

Education

Bachelor’s in Journalism, Minor in Interdisciplinary Studies from Florida Gulf Coast University.

Likes best about Southwest Florida

The weather, gulf beaches, and the people!

Hometown

Aurora, CO

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FMPD: Missing children remain in Mexico, parents wanted for interfering with custody

A missing newborn and toddler last seen in Fort Myers were found in Mexico on Friday and that’s where they remain. Their parents, who authorities say, abducted them from a Fort Myers home also remain in Mexico but are not in custody. Two-month-old Genesis Barrios and 2-year-old Yazmin Barrios were missing from their aunt’s Maravilla […]

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Missing children last seen in Fort Myers found in Mexico, will return home

LATEST UPDATE A missing infant and toddler last seen in Fort Myers have been found in Mexico. Fort Myers police confirmed to WINK News that 2-month-old Genesis and 2-year-old Yazmin Barrios were found safe in Linares, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, with the help of Mexican officials with the help of U.S. Marshals. The children were taken […]

Fort Myers police arrest aunt of missing children

Fort Myers police arrested Iris Barrios Ozorio, 34, the aunt of two missing Fort Myers children. According to FMPD, Ozorio will be charged with interference with custody and providing false information to law enforcement during an investigation. Meanwhile, police have also issued an arrest warrant for the children’s mother Evelin Sanchez-Rojas, who is accused of […]

FDLE issues Missing Child Alert for young siblings last seen in Fort Myers

A Missing Child Alert has been issued Wednesday morning for a pair of young siblings last seen in Fort Myers. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 2-month-old Genesis Barrios and 2-year-old Yazmin Barrios were last seen in the 1800 block of Maravilla Avenue. Genesis was last seen wearing a long-sleeve blue onesie, Yazmin […]

Lee County Commissioner Frank Mann has died at 80

Lee County Commissioner Frank Mann died early Tuesday morning at his home in Alva at the age of 80. Mann’s family asked that everyone help maintain and enhance the quality of life in Lee County by preserving its beauty, one of Mann’s missions. The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday during their regularly […]

North Fort Myers woman warned after dog left outside for days

Lee County Domestic Animal Services is investigating after a dog was left chained to a tree at a North Fort Myers home for more than a week. The woman who lives at the Ixora Drive home does not own the dog, but she was given several warning citations by an animal services officer. The dog […]

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Child found wandering alone in Cape Coral, mother facing child neglect charge

A baby in a diaper was found unsupervised, roaming the streets of Southwest Florida with their dog. That baby’s mom, Mary Wright, faces a child neglect charge for allowing her toddler to wander the streets of their Cape Coral neighborhood barefoot, wearing only a diaper, while walking with a pit bull. “This child is in […]

Kierra Russ sentenced to life in prison for Club Blu mass shooting

Kierra Russ, the first person brought to trial for the deadly 2016 Club Blu mass shooting in Fort Myers, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday afternoon. Russ was the first of five suspects to go to trial in connection to the Club Blu shooting. In May, a jury found her guilty of two […]