Who is Audrina Bigos?
Audrina Bigos is an American journalist of African descent who is working for WBBM as an anchor on the CBS2 morning news. She joined CBS2 Chicago in 2015. Additionally, she has served the station for more than half a decade. Upon joining the station, she initially, served as a reporter.
Audrina Bigos Date of Birth / Age
Bigos was born on March 6th, 1989. She is 33 years old as of 2022.
Audrina Bigos Height
Bigos stands at a height of approximately 5 feet and 6 inches tall.
Audrina Bigos Parents and Siblings
Bigos was born and raised in the U.S. She manages to keep information regarding her parents, siblings, and extended members of her family away from the limelight. Even so, her parents serve as proud Army veterans. We will however update this information once it’s available to the public.
Audrina Bigos Spouse / Husband
Bigos is in a relationship with her fiancé, Phillip Scott Sinclair. Sinclair popped the big question on May 28th, 2022. Further, he serves as an entrepreneur, artist, stylist, gallerist, CEO, and owner of NYCH_Gallery Film & TV Barber. Sinclair celebrates his birthday on April 3rd. Nonetheless, the information will be updated once available.
Audrina Bigos Kids / Children
Details regarding whether or not Bigos has any children are not available to the public at the moment. However, we will update this information once more details concerning this are available.
Audrina Bigos Education
After completing her high school education, Bigos went on to attend the University of South Florida. Later, in 2010 she became its graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications News. Also, she attended Georgetown University and Florida International University in Miami.
Audrina Bigos Career
Bigos works for WBBM as an anchor on the CBS2 morning news. She joined CBS2 Chicago in 2015. Additionally, she has served the station for more than half a decade. Upon joining the station, she initially, served as a reporter. Since she joined the station, she’s been at the front of some of the biggest breaking news stories in Chicago. Her live broadcast of big breaking stories has attained a number of regional Emmy nominations.
Prior to Chicago, she served in Charlotte, North Carolina at WCCB as a weekend evening anchor and general assignment reporter. During her 4 year stint with the station, she served as an instructor at the Carolina School of Broadcasting. Nonetheless, she began her broadcast career, when she served the PBS station in Tampa, Florida, WUSF as an anchor, reporter, producer, and photojournalist.
Further, she attained a Telly Award for senior producing and reporting on a documentary about teen pregnancy in the African-American community. In addition to that, she serves Salt & Light Coalition, a non-profit organization providing a one-year job training program for survivors of human trafficking as an advisory board member. Also, the non-profit unfetters survivors via spirituality, trauma-sensitive yoga, and physical fitness.
Also, she serves as a long-time volunteer with the Boys & Girls Club of America. Before serving with the clubs on the West Side of Chicago, she assisted debut of a self-esteem project, SMART Girls. The project serves as a permanent program at the Charlotte Boys & Girls Club. To boot, she serves the Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists as the vice president of broadcast. Furthermore, she serves the National Association of Black Journalists as a member.
WBBM/ CBS 2 Chicago
Bigos works with CBS 2 Chicago where she serves alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Suzanne Le Mignot
- Dana Kozlov
- Chris Tye
- Albert Ramon
- Mary Kay Kleist
- Laura Bannon
- Robb Ellis
- Ed Curran
How Much Does Audrina Bigos Earn?
Bigos approximately earns an annual salary that ranges from $100,000-$500,000.
How Much is Audrina Bigos Worth?
As an anchor, Bigos has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges from $1 million to $5 million.
Audrina Bigos Illness/ Alopecia/Hair
Bigos suffers from Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA), the most common type of hair loss in Black women. Further, she was featured in Vogue to share her struggles with Alopecia as a black woman. Before embarking on her natural hair journey, she used to chemically straighten her hair. This was because she was taught and believed that straight hair is professional while curly hair is not. But after she changed her viewpoint when she started experiencing hair loss.
For her treatment, she began growing out her natural hair and trimming off the damage and underwent alopecia treatments such as injections and oral and topical medications which she takes today. After her struggle with the disease, she seeks to push out the message “Curly hair is professional” both off and on air. Also, she strives to show young girls a representation that naturally curly hair is beautiful and can be worn even in professional spaces.