Professional Experience

May 2021 to present: Reporter, Anchor, Photojournalist at WINK News. Previously worked as an Anchor, Reporter, and Photographer at WCTV in Tallahassee for 5 years; Intern for WABC in New York City from June-August of 2016.

Awards & Recognition: 
Emmy Award Winner for Breaking News … after an EF-2 Tornado hit Southwest Florida.

Emmy-Nominated for coverage of Surfside condo collapse, Center For Covid Control Investigation.

8x Associated Press Award Winner ... Including Breaking News, Best Digital Journalist, Best Sports Anchor, & Best News Anchor.

Service To America Award winner for coverage of Hurricane Maria's aftermath in Puerto Rico.

News Philosophy

My job is to find out what the heck is going on, and tell it the best I can. Every day. If I did that correctly, I did my job.

Hobbies, Interests & Community Involvement

Watching and talking sports, exercise, playing music.

Education

Bachelors in Communications from Florida State University.

Likes best about Southwest Florida

How I can go outside in December and not be miserable.

Hometown

Westchester, New York

Hit-and-run

Safety improvements where hit-and-run occurred in Lee County

Making a dangerous Lee County bus stop safer during darker hours after two teens got injured after a hit-and-run on Thursday. At 6 a.m. the sunshine is a bit lackluster, and to make matters worse there are no street lights around the pick-up area. Lee County has a plan to make the area a whole […]

17-year-old arrested after 2 teens injured in Lee County hit-and-run

A 17-year-old girl was arrested for a hit-and-run at a Lee County intersection on Thursday morning, which hurt two teenagers. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 6:15 a.m. at the Orange River Boulevard and Lorriane Drive intersection. WINK News spoke to the family of the two teenagers, 16-year-olds Nancy and Daniel […]

Details released in North Fort Myers animal facility under investigation

Wildlife investigators cited a North Fort Myers wildlife facility and seized animals after they found feces festering in animal enclosures and standing water with apparent mosquito infestations. In one case, an investigator with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said four dead rats were decomposing over a bird enclosure at the Bad Attitude Everglades […]

Pastor

Developer building apartment complex forces pastor to move church

The pastor at Fairway Church in Naples said they were told they have until September to find another place to worship. That’s because the developer has decided to build a 368-unit apartment complex. The pastor, Tim Reed, has no idea where they’ll go or what his congregation’s going to do. Reed knew something along these […]

Gator

Florida gator hunting season begins

Starting Monday, avid alligator hunter Greg Love will legally showcase his skills marking the start of Florida’s alligator hunting season. Love and every other registered gator hunter has until Nov. 1 to legally hunt gators in Florida. Gator hunting season, ironically, is due to the successful gator conservation success story. In 2022 there are an […]

School

Parents and students managing changes to Lee County school bus routes

It was a smooth first day of school in Lee County and the school district cut 13 routes as they still face bus driver shortages, but it worked Wednesday. Deaah, a student’s mother, was determined to make sure her child was on time to and from school on the first day of the year. Which […]

school

LCSO, Lee schools address safety ahead of first day of school

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Lee County Superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier are making sure students are safe when they go back to school Wednesday. Over the summer, part of the training designed to keep security at schools tight involved using real students and fake gunshots. Since the working relationship between the school district and […]

South Fort Myers homeowners speaks after lightning strike causes fire

The life of a homeowner changed in a flash on Wednesday night after her home was struck by lightning. The lightning struck the top of the Fawn Ridge Drive home in south Fort Myers during Wednesday night storms. She said she doesn’t know where to live, but her message is to grab the people you […]

shooter

Lee County deputies, students train in active shooter drills

Kids and deputies at a school in Lee County were training to be prepared in the case of a deadly shooting on Tuesday. An active shooter training involving real kids at South Fort Myers High. Deputies and school resource officers ran into schools past real screaming kids pretending to be shot. Screaming students scattered across […]

bus drivers

School bus driver shortage continues in Lee County

A staffing shortage in Southwest Florida is causing concern as we get closer to the beginning of the school year. Although Lee County has hired some drivers, they’ve also lost some. And with school starting Aug. 10, the district just doesn’t have enough bus drivers to get kids to and from school on time. While […]