Hawksworth worked for KCPQ, the Fox affiliate in her hometown of Seattle as both a sports and morning news anchor and reporter.
She also worked for WFXT, the Fox affiliate in Boston;[1] WFAA in Dallas, Texas; and KJCT in Grand Junction, Colorado.
[2] On August 20, 2015, Hawksworth joined Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., as its new sports anchor.
Her grandfather Jack Poole, was the head of the VANOC bid committee that brought 2010 Winter Olympics to Vancouver, British Columbia.
[6][circular reference][7][8] Hawksworth graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she earned an academic scholarship at Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication.