Lucy Bustamante Bio, Wiki
Lucy Bustamante is an American Emmy Award-winning Anchor and Reporter working for NBC News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serving as a News Anchor. She joined the station in September 2018 after working at 13News Now.
Lucy Bustamante Age
Bustamante was born in New Orleans, United States, on September 26th, 1980. She is 43 years old as of 2023.
Lucy Bustamante Height/Measurements
She stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Lucy Bustamante Education
Bustamante attended Loyola University New Orleans in the year 1998 and later graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism in 2002. Before that, she went to Cabrini High School in New Orleans from 1994 to 1998. While in Cabrini, Bustamante volunteered at the Cabrini Convent for retired nuns which is now closed. It was located in Delaware County in Radnor Township and it used to be a nursing home of the Sacred Heart Missionary Sisters. In May 2023, she was Cabrini University’s commencement speaker.
Lucy Bustamante Career
Bustamante currently works at NBC 10 as a morning news anchor and also works for Telemundo62 as a breaking news anchor. During her time as a journalist, she has won the Emmy award four times. She and her NBC partners have come up with a reporting series named American Vets. This series involves reporting on issues that affect veterans in the States as well as abroad. Bustamante has joined other journalists across the country to make this operation a success. She co-hosted and also co-produced the series in November 2022. It was an NBCNewsNow Veterans Day that pointed out things that PTSD Veterans face.
Bustamante is also the Co-President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States since December 2019. Before joining NBC10, she worked as a weekday morning and Noon News Anchor at 13News Now (WVEC) in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Bustamante worked there from October 2010 to July 2018 while still working at WVXX-FM which is a Spanish radio station as a weekday morning news anchor. Prior to that, she worked at WWL-TV as an anchor from June 2004 to October 2010 where her co-workers and she worked to cover Hurricane Katrina devastation post for 3 months. Before joining WWL-TV, she worked as a Reporter and Fill-in Anchor at WALA-TV FOX 10 in Mobile, Alabama Area from May 2002 to June 2004.
Bustamante was recognized for anchoring the Philadelphia Energy Solutions plant’s explosion that happened in South Philadelphia in June 2019. She was awarded with a number of Associated Press awards. One of them was, writing a documentary that explained the Affordable Care Act in Virginia. This one earned him 3 regional Edward R. Murrow awards in 2011. The other award was for being the best anchor. Bustamante went ahead and received another award in 2004 for breaking news in New Orleans and also a Peabody Award for reporting in 2005 on Hurricane Katrina. Prior to that, she went to Cuba to report on the 1st gubernatorial trade trip, under President Bush, between Havana and Louisiana.
Lucy Bustamante’s Net Worth
In Bustamante’s career as an anchor and reporter, she has been able to accumulate a net worth ranging between $1 Million and $3 Million.
Lucy Bustamante Salary
She receives annual earnings that range between $35,000 and $100,000.
Lucy Bustamante Parents and Siblings
Bustamante is the daughter of refugees from Cuba who moved to the United States in the year 1969. She was born and brought up in New Orleans in a family that spoke Spanish only. As a child, she learned to translate between English and Spanish as a 1st generation American. This skill built her foundation for her exclusive role at Telemundo62 and NBC10 of being a bilingual anchor.
Lucy Bustamante Husband
She is happily married to Ricky who is a Navy veteran. Together they have 4 children and the family resides in Havertown. Among their children, are twins called Alex and Reece who were born on January 12, 2014.
Lucy Bustamante Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
She is vocal on her social media accounts where she posts frequently. On her Twitter account, she has about 7.3K followers, around 18K followers on her Facebook page, and about 5.5K followers on her Instagram account.