I am very excited to be able to call Knoxville home! I feel very blessed and honored for this great opportunity.
It all started in elementary school, when I was selected to be the weather kid for a local television station in Bismarck, North Dakota. From the moment I walked on set, I knew I wanted to have this kind of job when I was older.
I was born and raised in Bismarck, ND. I graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead in three years with a B.S. in Mass Communications. While in college, I started working at WDAY-TV in Fargo, ND, and continued to work there throughout my on-air career. In Fargo, we really do say "you betcha and ufduh", I may pop these words out every now and then on the air.
Prior to Knoxville, I was the morning weather anchor at WDAY-TV, where I covered everything from white-out blizzards and 40 below wind chill days to blistering hot 100-degree days leading to thunderstorms with golf ball-sized hail at night. I'm looking forward to covering the complex weather of East Tennessee.
When I'm not at work, I enjoy long-distance running, taking my dog Titus, a Corgi, for walks, spending time with family and friends, and trying new foods. I'm also currently taking online classes, to further my education, from Mississippi State University for Broadcast Meteorology.
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