Antonietta Collins

Antonietta Toni Gonzales-Collins works as a Mexican-American sportscaster. She is currently employed by ESPN as a news anchor for SportsCenter and, occasionally, host SportsNation. She started working at ESPN in the year 2016. The child of television journalist Maria Antonieta Collins. Antonietta Collins was a bilingual since she was nine years old, a valuable skill that helped her secure her first position as a production assistant at Univision in Miami and gave her an opportunity to work with producers of national programs like Nuestra Belleza Latina, Premios Lo Nuestro Premios Juventud and Primer Impacto. Her first job was as reporter for an affiliate of the CBS St. Petersburg affiliate following that. She worked as a journalist on KNVO TV 48 Univision in Rio Grande Valley Texas. Covering stories on immigration and drug trafficking both sides of the border with Mexico. She worked as a reporter on five minutes of the p.m. Spanish newscast a anchor later and a reporter on nine p.m. newscast in English as well as an anchor for the 10 p.m. Spanish newscast. Anchor duties for sports or weather were also frequently requested. In the end, she was appointed anchor and reporter for Univision Dallas' Deportes 23. Her duties were then expanded to greater responsibilities. She reported on major events such as the Major League Baseball ALDS ALCS World Series, the Dallas Cowboys as well as the NBA Postseasons as well as the finals of FC Dallas FC Dallas Stars. In addition, she hosted the local Univision 23 sports program Accion Deportiva Extra on which she also served as anchor herself. She worked as the anchor for sports on Despierta America Deportes morning show. She also served as anchor of the sports segment for Primer Impacto, a magazine show on the UniMas Network and Contacto Deportivo. Antonietta Collins' parents are originally from Veracruz Mexico. At some point they moved into Mexico City where she was born on 22 November 1985. Also, she has a sibling. The family relocated to Miami in 1992 following the departure from Mexico. In 1992, the couple divorced soon after. In 1995, she remarried Fabio Fajardo, a naval engineer who passed away in the year 2006 due to kidney cancer. In June of 2006, she spent the week she spent with her sister at Canton Ohio. The older Collins girl was working at the time. A senior in high school but with a clear idea about what she wanted to pursue in her future, Antonietta went to at the University of Mount Union to assess if it suited her goals. It was discovered that she was a fan of the campus and that the school offered the program she desired. She finished her education and received a scholarship to the University with a degree in media studies. Mark Bergmann was her professor and also the head of WRMU where she is a part of. They formed a strong relationship. His passion for journalism and confidence in herself inspired her. In turn, she was determined to achieve the requirements of his boss and not disappoint him.