Tracee Carrasco | |
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Born | |
Education | B.A. Azusa Pacific University |
Occupation | Television Journalist |
Years active | 2007–present |
Tracee Carrasco (born September 2, 1981) is an American TV news reporter for Fox Business Network. Carrasco previously reported for CBS 2 News, WCBS-TV in New York City.
Carrasco was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Sheril (née Carrasco) and Gilbert Tolentino. [1] [2] She was raised in Hawaii and Southern California. [3] She is of Filipino descent. [4] Carrasco graduated from Azusa Pacific University in Southern California with a degree in Communication Studies where she interned at KABC-TV (Channel 7) News, Los Angeles. Other internships included KCBS-TV (Channel 2) / KCAL-TV (Channel 9) News, Los Angeles (Entertainment Dept. 2004). Later, she was a field reporter as well as fill-in anchor in Torrance, California CitiCable 3. [5] [6]
In February 2010, she accepted a position as the Weekend Anchor / Weekday Reporter for the Fox affiliate KQDS serving the upper Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan regions. [7] Her reporting for KQDS earned two Upper Midwest Emmy nominations in the categories Public / Current / Community Affairs ("Honest Northland Series") and Historic / Cultural / Nostalgic (“A Tribute to Ben Larson: Missionary Killed in Haiti’s Earthquake”). [8] In August 2011, she accepted a position as a fill-in anchor and reporter for the ABC affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee, WKRN News 2. [9] [10] In June 2013, she accepted a position as general assignment reporter for WCBS-TV and WLNY 10/55 in New York. [11] In May 2017, she joined the Fox Business Network as a general assignment reporter. [12]
Carrasco has also appeared with CNN's Nancy Grace on HLN. [13]
Carrasco has had pieces published in various newspapers and magazines such as the Duluth News Tribune, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, and Equities Magazine. [6]
CBS reporter Tracee Carrasco, a Filipino American...