Yvonne Nava

A Texas native and University of Texas graduate, currently anchoring in Connecticut, may be the new morning anchor at KVUE-TV.  Yvonne Nava would replace Melissa Gale, who left the station in June.

A story in the Hartford Courant says Nava has resigned as morning co-anchor at WVIT-TV, the NBC owned station, and is returning to Texas to be near family.

The Courant story does not mention KVUE, but News Director Frank Volpicella told me that he met with Nava about a month ago when she was visiting family in Austin and even introduced her to the KVUE news staff.  He confirms she has been a candidate, but that he has nothing to announce at this time.

Watch as Nava traces her family history with a genealologist

Here is Nava doing an on-set interview

The Courant story quotes WVIT’s general manager praising Nava’s time in Connecticut:

“For the past five years, Yvonne has jumped into the community,” said David Doebler, WVIT station president and general manager. “She has done a lot of good stuff on the air and in the community and the opportunity to go back with her child to be close to her family is understandable, ” he said. “Heart strings won out over love for Connecticut.”

Nava started in TV at just 18 years of age, reporting for Telemundo in her hometown of Laredo.  She then anchored at KACB-TV in San Angelo and KCBD-TV, Lubbock, where she covered several major stories, including deadly tornadoes and the Columbia space shuttle disaster.

She helped launch the weekend morning newscast at WATE-TV, Knoxville, Tennessee, and in 2005 joined WPLG-TV, Miami as a fill-in anchor and reporter covering crime, severe weather and even Fidel Castro.

Nava earned degrees in both Broadcast Journalism and Business from the University of Texas. In college, she reportedly served as an intern at KXAN-TV and was recognized by Hispanic Magazine for being an outstanding role model for Latinas.

In Connecticut, Nava  mentors young girls, works with the Connecticut chapter of the Lupus Foundation, Meals on Wheels and Family Life Education of Hartford and supports the Latinas and Power Symposium, which helps inspire Latinas to succeed.