Cristina Santiago Espinet is originally from Puerto Rico. As she had a pro-basketball-playing-parent upbringing, she’s also lived in Spain, Italy and Turkey. A local of Sarasota, Florida, since the 6th grade, Cristina has graduated from the University of Florida's Journalism School — where she was a fixture with Gator sports media. And she is now blazing new trails as part of a local on-air news team