Antonietta Collins

Antonietta Tonite Gonzalez-Collins is an American-Mexican sportscaster. She anchors SportsNation and is an anchor for SportsCenter anchor. She was hired by ESPN in 2016. The daughter of TV journalist Maria Antonieta Collins. Antonietta was bilingual by when she was nine years old. It is this skill that helped her get her first position as a Univision Production Assistant in Miami. There, she was a producer for national shows such as Nuestra Belleza Latina Premios Lo Nuestro Premios Juventud Primer Impacto. Her first job was as an reporter at the CBS St. Petersburg affiliate following that. In 2009, she relocated into Rio Grande Valley to work as a journalist at KNVO TV 48 Univision & Fox2 News. The stories she covered were about illegal immigration as well as drug trafficking in both Texas and Mexico. Also, she was often requested to be anchors for the weather and sports. Then she became anchor and reporter on Univision Dallas' Deportes 23. The station then gave her more responsibility. She covered events like the Major League Baseball ALDS ALCS World Series, the Dallas Cowboys as well as the NBA Postseason, as well as the finals for FC Dallas FC Dallas Stars. In addition, she hosted on the regional Univision 23 sports show Accion Deportiva Extra. She has been promoted to anchor the sports segment on Despierta America Deportes' morning show. She also played the position on Primer Impacto on UniMas Network as well as Contacto Deportivo for its magazine show. Antonietta's parents are originally of Veracruz Mexico. In Mexico City she was conceived on the 22nd November 1985. She is the elder sibling of her parents. The family in 1992 left Mexico and moved to Miami. In 1992, the couple divorced and shortly afterward in 1995 she got married again Fabio Fajardo, a naval engineer who died in 2006 from kidney cancer. While on a trip with the family in Ohio, the younger Collins had taken a position along with her sister. Antonietta had just graduated high school, but was already aware of her plans for what she would do. The campus was a dream for her. It also gave her the degree she wanted. She finished school and attended the University as an undergraduate major in media studies. Mark Bergmann - her professor and managing director at WRMU (91.1 FM) in which she was a part of. Professor Bergmann was a great influence on her by his passion for journalism. He also deeply impacted her.