Nelly Carreño
Nelly Carreño
Nelly Carreño is an Emmy award winning Meteorologist based in Dallas, Texas. She is a meteorologist for Univision in Dallas. [1]
Education
She graduated from L.D. Bell High School in the class of 1995. Carreño went on to attend the University of Texas at Austin graduating with a Bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis on broadcast journalism.
She also has a Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University's three-year program.
Career
Carreño joined Univision Dallas in January 2017.
Previously she worked at NECN Boston, where she served the Boston area as the weekday afternoon meteorologist. She has spent time with WSNS Chicago as the meteorologist/entertainment anchor, as well as the weather anchor and travel reporter for AccuWeather.
Carreño started her career in Texas with KTXS News and KVII-TV, before joining KXTX as weather anchor and entertainment reporter.
Personal Life
Nelly was born in Mexico City, Mexico and raised in Texas. She is fluent in Spanish.