Antonietta Collins

Antonietta Toniz Collins who is also known as Antonietta Gonzales-Collins in the United States as well as Mexico, is an American Mexican sportscaster. She hosts SportsNation and serves as an anchor for SportsCenter anchor. In 2016, she joined ESPN. She is the daughter of television reporter Maria Antonieta Collins. Antonietta has been bilingual since the age of nine. Her ability was crucial in helping her get her first post as a production assistant for Univision Miami and Univision Miami, where she assisted the production of shows like Nuestra Belleza Latina and Premios Lo Nuestro Premios Juventud. Following this, the CBS station located in St. Petersburg employed her as a sport reporter. She moved to Rio Grande Valley in 2009 to work as a reporter on the Spanish channels KNVO TV 48 Univision, and Fox2 News. Covering stories on trafficking in drugs and immigration on both sides of the border, she served as a reporter for the 5 p.m. Spanish newscast a anchor, reporter and later anchor for the 9 p.m. newscast, which was in English as well as an anchor for the 10 p.m. Spanish newscast. Her duties as an anchor for weather or sports were regularly asked for. Deportes 23 in Dallas, Univision's Dallas-affiliate station. She was also given more responsibility. She was a reporter for events like the Major League Baseball ALDS ALCS World Series, the Dallas Cowboys as well as the NBA Postseason, as well as the finals of FC Dallas FC Dallas Stars. She also produced Univision 23 Accion Deportiva Extra and was the anchor. She was appointed as the anchor for sports for Despierta America Deportes for their morning show. As a sports anchor she also worked for Primer Impacto (a network magazine) and Contacto Deportivo (a UniMas Network sports show). Antonietta Collins' parents were originally from Veracruz Mexico. In Mexico City she was conceived on the 22nd November 1985. She is the elder sibling of her parents. Her family relocated to Miami in 1992, after having left Mexico. The couple divorced shortly thereafter and, in 1995, she married a naval designer named Fabio Fajardo. Fabio Fajardo passed away in 2006 from kidney cancer. On a family vacation in Ohio, younger Collins was able to take a job alongside her elder sister. Antonietta still a senior at high school, yet she was clear about the career she wanted. While deciding if Mount Union is the right choice to her needs, Antonietta visited the school. In the end, she fell in love with the school. They also offered her a the opportunity to study a major. After completing her studies, she was accepted to the University for a master's degree studying media and communication studies. Her professor Mark Bergmann, who managed WRMU FM and was member of her class, formed an ongoing relationship with her. The passion he had for journalism as well as confidence in her own abilities encouraged her. In turn, she was determined to achieve the standards he set and to not let him down.