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Brittany was actually in school when the twister hit only miles away. One major event that sparked her interest in severe weather was the Nashville F3 tornado in 1998. Her passion for weather began as a child. She spent a few weeks in tornado alley chasing severe storms. While at Mississippi State, Brittany was selected to participate in the school's Great Plains storm chase.

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She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Professional Meteorology at Mississippi State. She previously worked at our sister station ABC 11 in Raleigh, North Carolina and has filled in on Good Morning America as well as on World News Tonight.īrittany is an award-winning meteorologist who has earned the prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal from the American Meteorological Society. When the weather is not threatening, Violeta can usually be found at the beach, spending time with her family, watching sports & scary movies, or drinking too much coffee.Brittany Bell is excited to join the weather team at ABC7NY. Not only did it allow me to encourage and connect with more children, but even more specifically, it gave me the change to further connect our young, Spanish-Speaking minds with the idea of following their dreams.”

“When Brittney asked me to partner in working on a Spanish language version of her book, I could not say yes fast enough. In 2019, Violeta partnered with friend and colleague-NBC10 meteorologist Brittney Shipp-to translate Shipp’s children’s book, The Meteorologist in Me. She is also a strong advocate of The Boys & Girls Club, having attended their programs throughout her childhood in Garfield, N.J. She regularly lends her time to Rutgers Future Scholars-a program that identifies and gives academically promising low-income high school students the opportunity for a college education.

Violeta is a Media Mentor at Rutgers University, through the Institute for Women’s Leadership. Violeta is also very passionate and involved in mentorship on a personal level, and also in connection with her alma mater. Through this role, she leads a team of broadcast meteorologists from across the country in identifying, planning, and generating tangible weather resources for the Spanish-speaking community. An active member of the community, Violeta is a lead broadcast ambassador for the American Meteorological Society’s Committee for Hispanic and Latinx Advancement. In 2018, Violeta was selected as one of PhillyMan Magazine’s Women of the Year for her philanthropic efforts. She has been nominated for four regional Emmys as 'Best Weather Anchor' and has also won four Emmy awards.

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and 11 p.m., and is now Philadelphia’s only Spanish-speaking local TV meteorologist. In 2014, she moved to Philadelphia to launch Noticiero Telemundo62 at 5 p.m. The opportunity to forecast weather for a wide range of viewers, countries, climates and topographies on a daily basis- in two different languages- really sparked and inspired her to hone her interest in language and weather and how they are interpreted globally. Violeta has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business, ABC World News Now, The Big Ten Network, Fox Sports, several Telemundo and Univision affiliates, ZBM-TV (Bermuda), and various other Spanish networks across Latin America. Violeta's weather career began in 2010, when she joined AccuWeather as a bilingual broadcaster. She later earned her Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology with Mississippi State University. Previously, she attended Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where she received a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Media Studies, with a minor in Spanish. on Telemundo62.īorn in Mar del Plata, Argentina and raised in North Jersey, Violeta joined the Telemundo62 team in January of 2014. You can watch Violeta’s live forecasts every weekday at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.

Violeta is a bilingual meteorologist for Telemundo62 and NBC10, and chief meteorologist for Telemundo62.

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