ABC13 Houston
Lileana Pearson is an experienced reporter and anchor currently working at ABC13 Houston since February 2023. Prior to this, Lileana held positions at WBTV from January 2021 to January 2023, focusing on general assignment reporting and traffic and infrastructure investigations, as well as serving as a weekend fill-in anchor. Previous roles include news reporter at WOWT NBC Omaha and KCRG-TV9, where Lileana covered significant events such as a historic derecho storm and flooding in Iowa. Lileana's experience also includes reporting from Washington DC and involvement in student-run newscasts at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where a weekly newscast was recognized as the best by the New York Associated Press. Lileana earned a Master's degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts from Lindsey Wilson College.