Sally Hernandez

What's your name?
Sally Hernandez

What's your position?
Anchor, Austin News Today and Austin News At Noon

When did you start at KXAN?
May 2001

What was your most memorable story?
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

How did you get started in TV?
I was hooked in second grade! During Career Day, a broadcast journalist detailed the profession to a bunch of wide-eyed kids, and the next day I told my mom that's what I was going to be.

Where did you go to college?
St. Mary's University in San Antonio

What's your hometown?
El Paso

What's your favorite thing about Austin?
Wearing flip-flops in the winter.

Who has been the most influential person in your life? Why?
My mom without a doubt. My father passed away when I was 3 years old. My mom raised me single- handedly. She's the strongest person I know.

What's your guilty pleasure?
Reality TV

What's your favorite TV show?
Dateline NBC

You can e-mail Sally at Sally.Hernandez@kxan.com .