Antonietta Collins

Antonietta Toni Gonzalez-Collins, an Mexican American journalist. She works as an ESPN anchor on news, and she hosts SportsNation often. She joined ESPN in the year 2016. She is the daughter of the TV reporter Maria Antonieta Collins. Antonietta Collins was a bilingual since she was nine years old, a valuable talent that enabled her to get her first position as a production assistant for Univision in Miami that gave her the opportunity to interact with producers of national television shows like Nuestra Belleza Latina, Premios Lo Nuestro Premios Juventud and Primer Impacto. She was hired as an reporter at The CBS St. Petersburg affiliate immediately following the interview. The year 2009 saw her move to Rio Grande Valley, Texas in order to be journalist for the Spanish station KNVO TV 48 Univision and Fox2 News. The newscast covered stories related to immigration as well as trafficking in drugs on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border, she reported for the 5 p.m. Spanish newscast a anchor and reporter for news at 9 p.m. newscast, which was in English and also reporting for the 10:30 p.m. Spanish newscast. The anchor also acted as a fill-in anchors of sports and weather. In the following, she anchored and also reported to Univision's Dallas affiliate Deportes 23 where she was appointed to more duties. She also did segments on MLB's ALDS ALCS and World Series the Dallas Cowboys the NBA postseason and Finals FC Dallas and the Dallas Stars. Additionally, she was the producer of Univision 23's local sports programming Accion Deportiva Extra, on which she was the anchor. She was promoted as a sports anchor for Despierta America Deportes' morning show. The anchor also worked in a similar position for the channel's magazine show Primer Impacto and for UniMas Network's Contacto Deportivo. Antonietta's parents hail origins from Veracruz Mexico. They moved in Mexico City, where Antonietta Collins was born in November 1985. She's older than her sister. Her family relocated from Mexico to Miami in 1992, after having left Mexico. She divorced her parents shortly after and in 1995, she was married to a naval designer named Fabio Fajardo. Fabio Fajardo passed away in 2006 from kidney cancer. She resided with her family in Canton Ohio with her older sister throughout the summer which was the time she received an opportunity to work. As a senior in high school, and knowing exactly what she would like to accomplish in her future, Antonietta attended the University of Mount Union to examine if it was a good fit for her requirements. It was discovered that she loved the campus, and the university offered the program she desired. She completed her schooling and received a scholarship to the University to pursue a degree in Media studies. She developed a long-lasting relationship with her professor Mark Bergmann who was the manager of WRMU 91.1 FM, of which she was a participant. Mark's passion for journalism and her self-confidence prompted her. Herself was determined to achieve his expectations and never disappoint him.