Christina Boomer joined the ABC15 News team September 2007 as a general assignment reporter. She is thrilled to be in the Valley of the Sun and is excited about meeting new people and exploring all it has to offer.
Christina comes to Phoenix from KVIA in El Paso, Texas, where she covered the hot button issue of immigration from both sides of the border.
She won two Associated Press awards for her story "Behind the Border," which documented the impact human smuggling had on the farm community of Columbus, New Mexico.
In El Paso, Christina also seized the opportunity to report from Mexico, covering stories like the Mexican murder trial of a US Citizen in Juarez, the murder of an attorney representing a man linked to the dozens of missing Juarez women, and the violence that erupted in Palomas as a result of a drug cartel turf war.
She also broke the story about the increasing threat of child sex tourism in border communities.
Christina was the only El Paso reporter to travel to Louisiana to cover Hurricane Katrina.
Prior to working in El Paso, Christina spent time in Southern California as a reporter for KMIR in Palm Springs, an associate producer at KCBS/KCAL in Los Angeles, and a freelance field producer for CNN's Los Angeles Bureau.
Christina has also worked at WPRI/WNAC in Providence, Rhode Island, as a producer. She was part of a "team coverage" Emmy for her work as a field producer for WPRI's coverage of "The Station Nightclub Fire" in 2003.
Christina earned her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science at Boston College. She then studied under documentary filmmaker David Sutherland while taking courses in documentary film at Boston University. Her first broadcasting job was as a freelance technician for CNN's Boston Bureau. She also interned with CNN's London Bureau.
Christina is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
When not working, she enjoys reading and salsa dancing.
Serving the community, meeting great people, and telling their stories are what drive Christina's passion for the news business.
If you have a story idea, you can contact her at cboomer@abc15.com, Facebook, or Twitter.
