Gilma Avalos is an American well-reputed Journalist working for NBC 4 New York. Currently, she is the co-anchors of the station’s 11 am and 5 pm weekday newscasts alongside Adam Kuperstein. Moreover, she will appear on the 11 pm daily edition of News 4 New York exclusively available on the NBC New York News streaming channel. Prior to that role, she was the station’s 6 pm and 11 pm weekend editions of “News 4 News York”. She joined NBC 4 New York in 2019.
Gilma Avalos Biography
Gilma Avalos is an American well-reputed Journalist working for NBC 4 New York. Currently, she is the co-anchor of the station’s 11 am and 5 pm weekday newscasts alongside Adam Kuperstein. Moreover, she will appear on the 11 pm daily edition of News 4 New York exclusively available on the NBC New York News streaming channel. Prior to that role, she was the station’s 6 pm and 11 pm weekend editions of “News 4 News York”. She joined NBC 4 New York in 2019.
Gilma Avalos Education
She received her education at Columbia University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Hispanic Studies. While at the University, she interned for NBC News Partnerships at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Gilma Avalos Career
Currently, she works for NBC 4 New York as the co-anchor of the 11 am and 5 pm weekday newscasts alongside Adam Kuperstein. Also, she will appear on the 1 pm daily edition of News 4 New York exclusively available on the NBC New York streaming channel. She joined NBC 4 News in 2019. Prior to that, she was a weekend evening news anchor at 6 pm and 11 pm weekend editions of “News 4 New York”. Her reporting was a key component of NBC 4 New York’s award-winning COVID-19 coverage honored with the prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for “creat(ing) a 360 view in real time of the coronavirus pandemic with courageous and thorough reporting on the virus’ explosion in New York City in January 2021.
Since joining NBC 4 New York, she has covered many of the Tri-State’s biggest stories including the COVID-19 outbreak. Prior to joining NB 4 New York, she worked at KTVT (a CBS Owned station in Dallas/Fort Worth) where she anchored weekday afternoon newscasts and delivered breaking news coverage. She was on the scene in 2016 for the deadly ambush of five Dallas police officers and was one of the first to report on the police robot that helped bring down the suspect. Also, she covered the Amber Guyger trial and anchored continuous coverage of the verdict and sentencing. Prior to joining KTVT, she worked for NBC 6/WTVJ-TV in Miami as a multimedia journalist and general assignment reporter. There, she was one of the first South Florida reporters to cover Trayvon Martin’s shooting death and later traveled to Sanford, Florida to cover the trial of George Zimmerman.
Gilma began her professional career at News 12 The Bronx where she anchored continuous coverage of Hurricane Irene in 2011. Moreover, she helped develop the pilot that would later become News 12 en Espanol. At the age of 12, she got her start in television when she hosted “Paleokids” a Spanish language children’s program focusing on the world of dinosaurs for Discovery Channel Latin America.
Gilma Avalos Age
Gilms was born on February 7, 1987, therefore she is 36 years old as of July 2023. She thus celebrates her birthday on February 7th of every year.
Gilma Avalos Height
She stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73m) tall.
Gilma Avalos Family
Avalos was born in l Salvador and raised in Miami to Sandra Y. Rodriguez (Mother) and her Father whose names are not known at the moment. It is not known if Gilma has any siblings. Her mother and her aunt are both breast cancer survivors.
Gilma Avalos Husband
Gilma is married to the love of her life Bradley Lloyd Blackburn, a reporter and multimedia journalist. They got married on September 30, 2017, at the Marty Leonard Chapel in Fort Worth. She and her husband are blessed with two daughters, Blair Emilia (born in March 2020) and Birdie (born in October 2022).
Gilma Avalos Net Worth
Avalos has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million which she has earned through being an Anchor.
Gilma Avalos Salary
She earns an annual salary ranging between $20,000 – $120,000.
Gilma Avalos NBC 4 New York
Gilma works at NBC 4 New York where she works alongside other prominent NBC 4 New York anchors, sports anchors, meteorologists, and reporters including;
- Julio “Gaby” Acevedo
- Lynda Baquero
- Pat Battle
- Bruce Beck
- Checkey Beckford
- Matt Brickman
- Erica Byfield
- Adelle Caballero
- Greg Cergol
- John Chandler
- Pei-Sze Cheng
- Michael Gargiulo
- Sara Gore
- Ted Greenberg
- Janice Huff
- Adam Kuperstein
- Maria LaRosa
- Jen Maxfield
- Myles Miller
- Raphael Miranda
- Rana Novini
- Natalie Pasquarella
- Dave Price
- Darlene Rodriguez
- Gus Rosendale
- Marc Santia
- Lauren Scala
- Chuck Scarborough
- Ida Siegal
- Andrew Siff
- Romney Smith
- Tracie Strahan
- Brian Thompson
- David Ushery
- Sarah Wallace
- Violeta Yas
