Antonietta Collins

Antonietta Toni Gonzalez Collins is a Mexican American journalist. She works as an ESPN anchor for news and also hosts SportsNation occasionally. She joined ESPN in 2016. The daughter of TV journalist Maria Antonieta Collins. Antonietta Collins is a bilingual since she was nine years old. This is a beneficial skill that helped her secure her first position as a production assistant for Univision in Miami and gave her an opportunity to work with producers of national shows like Nuestra Belleza Latina, Premios Lo Nuestro Premios Juventud and Primer Impacto. It was the CBS station of St. Petersburg hired her for a position as a sports reporter. In 2009 she moved to Rio Grande Valley, Texas to become journalist for the Spanish channel KNVO TV 48 Univision and Fox2 News. Covering stories on immigration and drug trafficking both sides of the border of Mexico-Texas, she was a reporter for the 5 p.m. Spanish newscast a anchor later and a reporter on news at 9 p.m. newscast, which was in English and also reporting for the 10:30 p.m. Spanish newscast. As an anchor, her duties for sports or weather were often requested. Deportes 23 in Dallas, Univision's affiliate station in Dallas. The station was more duties. Reporting on The Major League Baseball ALDS ALCS World Series, the Dallas Cowboys as well as the NBA Postseasons as well as the Finals FC Dallas FC Dallas Stars. Apart from that, she also produced Univision 23's local sports broadcast Accion Deportiva Extra on which she was anchor herself. In addition, she was the host for the morning show on Despierta America Deportes. She also played the job for Primer Impacto on UniMas Network and Contacto Deportivo for its magazine show. Antonietta Collins was born and raised in Veracruz Mexico. Her birth date was November 22nd, 1985 at Mexico City. She's more mature than her younger sister. In 1992, the family relocated from Mexico and moved to Miami. Their divorce was soon followed and in 1995 her mother married an architect from the naval profession named Fabio Fajardo who died from kidney cancer in the year 2006. The break in summer that she spent with her younger sister and her sister in Canton Ohio where the older Collins girl got work. Antonietta who was in high school with a plan of what she wanted her career to be like, visited Mount Union University to determine whether it was a good fit for her. It turned out that she loved the school and they were offering the major she wanted. Her studies were completed and she 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 part. Professor Mark Bergmann influenced her with his enthusiasm about journalism. He also deeply impacted her.