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Cynthia Cisneros

Growing up in the city of South Houston, Cynthia went to school there and later attended the University of Houston, graduating with a degree in journalism. As a teen, she worked summer jobs at Foley's and Astroworld.

Cynthia began her broadcasting career in 1982 in Jacksonville, Texas, at a local radio station where she hosted a morning talk show. She was later promoted to the position of News Director. While there, she received several local and regional awards for her spot news coverage and educational stories. She continued to work in radio in Longview, Marshall and Tyler.

In 1986, while still in radio, she became a television news reporter in Longview for KLMG-TV covering news in several east Texas cities.

A year later, she went to KBAK-TV in Bakersfield, California. While there, Cynthia's reporting duties included extensive coverage of Caesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers Union. She also won awards for her coverage on human rights issues among migrant workers.

Cynthia joined Eyewitness News as a general assignment reporter in August 1989. She's covered hurricanes and other adverse weather stories, as well as breaking news. Over the years, she's won several awards for her coverage of spot news and human interest stories.

But Cynthia says her greatest accomplishment has been the birth of her two children. Working at Channel 13 while pregnant was a real adventure for her. She enjoys time with her husband and two children, a daughter and a son. Cynthia still likes to go to South Houston to catch up on neighborhood news and she enjoys running into old high school buddies while out on stories.

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