Alicia Acuna Biography
Alicia Acuna is a media personality serving as a general assignment reporter for Fox News based in the network’s Denver bureau. She joined the network in September 1997. Previously, she was a weekday anchor/reporter for KSEE-TV (NBC) in Fresno, California.
Alicia Acuna Age
How old is Alicia Acuna? Alicia is 53 years old as of 2023. She was born on May 27, 1970, in Whittier, California, United States although she grew up in Arizona.
Alicia Acuna Height
Acuna is 5 feet and 5 inches tall (approximately 1.65m or 165cm).
Alicia Acuna Eye Injury
On February 10, 2017, Alicia posted a tweet captioned, ‘Thanks. Except I don’t technically have a lazy eye === one is simply smaller than the other. Have a good one.’ Her tweet implied that one of her eyes is smaller than the other could be because she had an eye injury or they are naturally like that.
Thanks. Except I don’t technically have a lazy eye === one is simply smaller than the other. Have a good one.
— Alicia Acuna (@aacuna1) February 10, 2017
Alicia Acuna Nationality
Born and raised in the United States of America, Alicia is an American national and holds a Mexican-American ethnicity.
Alicia Acuna Education
Acuna is a 1988 graduate of Tucson High M agnet School. She also earned a degree in Journalism/Broadcasting from Northern Arizona University in 1993.
Alicia Acuna Parents
Alicia’s parents divorced when she was 13 years old and her father moved to San Diego, California. She stayed with her mother in Arizona during school days. During the holidays she went to live with her father in California. However, it is unknown whether she has siblings or not.
Alicia Acuna Husband
Is Alicia Acuna married? Alicia is married to Brian Daniel Boyd since April 2004. Her husband, Daniel was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 though he was cured. Since then, Alicia has been giving updates about her cancer-free husband thanking God, family members, and friends for standing with them.
The couple has two children; a daughter named Sofia born in 2004, and a son named Mario born in 2006. She is also a stepmother to her husband’s three children from the previous marriage.
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Alicia Acuna Fox News
Acuna is a general assignment reporter for Fox News based in the network’s Denver bureau. She joined the network in 1997. Most recently, she provided the latest breaking election news from Arizona during FNC’s Democracy 2020 election coverage. During her tenure at the network, she has covered a variety of major breaking news stories and has played an integral role in FNC’s political coverage.
Acuna has reported on the coronavirus pandemic, wildfires in the Western United States, the opioid crisis, and the Ebola outbreak and also covered the wake of the devastating May 2013 EF5 tornado reporting live from Moore, Oklahoma, among other events.
Before joining FNC, she was a weekday anchor/reporter for KSEE-TV (NBC) in Fresno, California where she anchored the 5 p.m. newscast. She was also a weekend anchor/reporter for KGET-TV (NBC) in Bakersfield, California where she anchored the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts.
Acuna began her career as an assignment editor. She was the runner-up for the 1997 APTRA Reporter of the Year award and conducted a fellowship at the CBS News national headquarters.
Alicia Acuna Hispanic
Alicia was born in Whittier, California, and grew up in the southern parts of Arizona and California. She falls somewhere between second and third-generation Mexican-American. Her parents both consider themselves Chicano, therefore, making her a Chicano too.
Alicia Acuna Salary
She earns an average annual salary of $82,000 as of 2023. This is according to Fox News reporters’/anchors’ salaries report.
Alicia Acuna Net Worth
Acuna has an estimated net worth of $2.2 million as of 2023.
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