Monica is a three-time Emmy nominated broadcast journalist for WRAL, covering Durham, North Carolina. She reports on a wide variety of stories, from breaking news and weather, to in-depth crime and local government reporting.

During her four years at WRAL, Monica has covered major stories, including the 2022 substation attack in Moore County, a shooting on UNC Chapel Hill’s campus, and the 2024 shooting deaths of four law enforcement officers in Charlotte. She has reported on multiple severe weather events, including storms on the coast, flooding in from Tropical Storm Chantal, and the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.

Before moving to WRAL, Monica was a reporter and anchor at WCTV, the CBS affiliate in Tallahassee, Florida. As the Capital City Correspondent, she focused on government, politics, courts, crime, and breaking news.

During her time at WCTV, Monica covered a years-long FBI investigation into corruption at City Hall, protests at the Florida Capitol on January 6th, 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Black Lives Matter protests. She participated in team coverage of Hurricanes Dorian and Sally. She has covered officer-involved shootings, police staffing shortages, the Second Gentleman’s visit, and the First Lady’s campaign stop in Tallahassee.

Before joining WCTV, Monica was the morning reporter for WHSV/TV-3 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She often filled different roles on the Daybreak morning newscast, anchoring and producing national news in the "New This Morning" position, and solo producing and co-anchoring the 2-hour newscast overnight. She also developed long-form content in her "Touring our Towns" program, a mini-documentary series on the history of small towns in the Shenandoah Valley.

Monica graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in Media Studies and English.

She is currently working toward a Masters of Liberal Studies at Duke University.