Alicia Acuna
Alicia Acuna
Alicia Acuna Orozco is a Correspondent at Fox News.
Career
Alicia Acuna joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in 1997 and currently works as a correspondent at Fox News based out of the network's Denver, Colorado news bureau. Most recently, Alicia reported live from Dallas, Texas to cover the Ebola virus disease outbreak. Previously, she has covered the wake of the devastating May 2013 EF5 tornado reporting live from Moore, Oklahoma.
Alicia has also played an integral role in Fox's political coverage.
She covered the first Presidential debate in the United States presidential election, 2012 at the University of Denver, as well as the Denver Democratic Convention in 2008. Prior to joining Fox, Alicia was a weekday news 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.
Alicia began her career as an assignment editor.
She was the runner-up for the 1997 APTRA reporter of the year award and completed a fellowship at the CBS News headquarters.
Education
Alicia graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona with a bachelor's degree in Journalism / Broadcasting. At Northern Arizona University she was involved in University Television.
She graduated from Tucson High Magnet School in 1988.
Personal Life
Alicia is married to Brian Daniel Boyd.
The couple got married in April 2004 and have been together for 16 years.
In 2009, Alicia’s husband was diagnosed with cancer which he fortunately beat.
She gives updates on social media of her cancer-free husband every year since he was cured.[29]
Alicia and her husband Brian are proud parents of two children together, a daughter named Sofia, who was born in April 2004 and a son named Mario, who was born in 2006.
She is also a mother to Brian’s other three children from a previous marriage.[29]