Cara Sapida Biography
Cara Sapida is an American journalist working for WPXI as a reporter. She joined the station in April 2009 and has served the station for more than a decade. Previously, she worked for NBC-2 in Fort Myers, Florida as an anchor and reporter for 3 years.
Cara Sapida Education
Sapida attended Ohio University’s Scripps School of Journalism after completing her high school education at Woodland Hills High School. When she finished he studies, she became a graduate and attained a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism as well as minors in French and Political Science.
Cara Sapida Career
Sapida works for WPXI as a reporter. She joined the station in April 2009 and has served the station for more than a decade. Previously, she worked for NBC-2 in Fort Myers, Florida as an anchor and reporter for 3 years.
Further, she worked for NBC25 in Hagerstown, Maryland as an anchor and reporter. Her broadcasting career began when she worked for WOUB in Athens, Ohio as a reporter and anchor. She received an Edward R. Murrow award for Best Feature Story.
Also, she received an Associated Press award for a tornado broadcast. During her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, or she’s at the kitchen. In 2010, she starred in the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest.
Cara Sapida Age
Sapida was born in 1982. She is 41 years old as of 2023. However, she has not revealed the month she was born therefore it is not known when she celebrates her birthday.
Cara Sapida Height
Sapida stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches
Cara Sapida Family
Sapida has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known if Sapida has any siblings.
Cara Sapida Husband
Sapida is divorced. Before the divorce, she had two kids, Greyson and Lilah, with her ex-husband. Greyson was born on August 7, 2015, and is 7 years old as of 2022. Lilah was born on November 2, 2017, and is 5 years old as of 2022.
Cara Sapida Net Worth
Sapida has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being a journalist.
Cara Sapida Salary
Sapida earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Cara Sapida Book
A cancer survivor, Sapida has authored a book that details her experience with cancer while juggling her career, divorce, the pandemic, and kids dubbed Not the Breast Year of My Life: Finding Hope and Resilience After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis.
Cara Sapida Cancer
Sapida discovered a lump in her breast in June 2020. Further, she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. In October 2019, she had no tumor during a mammogram. However, in just a few weeks a tumor had grown and doubled in size.
She underwent chemotherapy as well as an immunotherapy drug trial for 12 weeks, four more drug treatments followed by a double mastectomy. A while later, she received a call from a doctor who told her she was cancer-free.
Cara Sapida WPXI
Sapida is working at WPXI where she works alongside other famous anchors and reporters including;
- David Johnson
- Lisa Sylvester
- Gordon Loesch
- Katherine Amenta
- Susan Koeppen
- Jennifer Tomazic
- Liz Kilmer
- Alyssa Raymond
- Nicole Ford
- Rick Earle