She graduated from the University of California, San Diego where she earned a BA in International Studies, Political Science, and Communications.
She began her journalism career at KGTV Channel 10, an ABC-affiliated television station based in San Diego.
She started as an assignment editor and was promoted to an associate producer news writer.
In January 2017, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio,[2] where she was an anchor/reporter on ABC affiliate WEWS Channel 5.
She was officially hired to replace Janai Norman, who began working as a Good Morning America correspondent, in September 2020.