Jackie Nespral gets Miami. Unlike many TV (and print) reporters, she's local — she grew up in Little Havana, earned degrees from the University of Miami and Florida International University, and got her start on Univision's Sábado Gigante before working her way up at the network. Her next major move came in 1991, when she landed a job on NBC's Today and became the first Hispanic-American woman to anchor a major cable news show at the age of 26. Since then, she's moved back home and now hosts WTVJ's Sunday affairs program, NBC6 Impact, where she regularly lobs tough questions at lawmakers. During the 2018 gubernatorial race, Nespral sat down with candidates Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum for 20-minute interviews and forced DeSantis to at least answer why he said Gillum would "monkey up" Florida.
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